Lately I have been slightly disturbed with a decision I made...
You see, I believe that true recognition and satisfaction comes from people that we build and nothing is more fulfilling then seeing our people grow and succeed!
Couple of weeks back I was put in a position to nominate someone from my team that is qualified for leadership recognition. After giving a real deep thought, I decided I am not nominating anyone this year...
My reasoning for this, I personally feel, this is just their beginning in their growth as a leader. It's time to get sharper, work harder and take more ownership and produce more winners in their respective teams. I also do not want to be in a position that I have to defend their nomination. If one is nominated, they should be already standing up from the rest and there will not be a need for me to defend them.
Today I had a chance to see other nominees from many other groups. Yes some are qualified but most are not even half-way of where my leadership is!
At one point, I almost asked myself... did I make a mistake? How would my people feel if they find out these people are nominated and not them! There were many questions in my head...
There was even a thought, should I try and insert their names now! All kind of thoughts... the how if and what if...
Later in the day, I got an opportunity to personally speak to some of these nominees and after that talk... I more then ever felt my decision is right!
I realized pushing one for recognition too early doesn't help them to grow in anyway. It gives them a feeling they have arrived and it can be very dangerous especially if their roots are not strong.
I realized today it is okay for me to raise my bench mark higher... If I want to be the number one team in the world, I have to do things differently...
I have no idea if all my leaders will today understand my decision but when we finally arrive at the top, it will make sense to them! My only goal now is to get my leaders to the TOP!
So, I have decided not to try and fit in but to be the odd one out!
1 comment:
The path of leadership is never an easy one. Neither is there a right or wrong one. Just a decision to follow through on the decision and making every possible way to make it work!
The greatest satisfaction as the mentor to a team I guess is the day people undoubtedly recognizer your leaders in that position without even you pulling strings. You know you have arrived!
What I admired most is that you consulted each and every one of your leaders about this... very admirable indeed!
Money always flows to the direction of leadership
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