Leaders must transition from being responsible for the job to being responsible for the people who are responsible for the job.
Simon Sinek
This truth from Simon Sinek is profound. Too many leaders get trapped into trying to do the job they used to do or trying to accomplish the mission their organization is responsible for and lose sight of the fact that doing the job is no longer in their job description. As a leader, their new job is to build into and be responsible for the people who are responsible for the job.
Many leaders will not do this because it is counterintuitive to them. For many, to be the leader is to get the job done - themselves if necessary.
But, in becoming a leader, our job shifts in important ways.
It is the move from focusing on my work to focusing on those who are doing the work. This includes:
- Providing maximum clarity to your team about what the organization is about, where it is going, and how it will get there.
- Ensuring that all your team is on the same page and going in the same direction.
- Mentoring, coaching, and helping your team be successful.
- Creating a high-impact team of healthy individuals working synergistically together under good leadership with accountability for results.
- Training new leaders.
- Ensuring your team has the necessary resources to get their job done.
Notice that these activities are not about our doing the job but investing in those who do the job.
These are the leaders that the staff want to work for! And these are the leaders who get stuff done by helping their team be successful. Be that leader!
TJ Addington is the lead at Addington Consulting. We solve dysfunctional cultures and teams and help you build healthy, scalable organizations of clarity, alignment, and results. If the pain is high, you need Addington Consulting. tjaddington@gmail.com
tjaddington@gmail.com
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