10 Commandments of Effective Leadership: #4 - Thou shalt not avoid confrontation. One of the challenges of leadership is that the qualities that makes you a very good leader—nice, kind, generous heart—can also make you ineffective. As a leader, people generally expect you to be nice, but you destroy your potential to lead effectively if you care so much about preserving your image of niceness. What makes you likable to the people can destroy your organization if, at the expense of being liked, you won’t confront what needs to be confronted. “When you are afraid to confront people, you will throw your frustration in your speech and hope your team members get it out of the speech.” You need to take the issue out of the speech, look whoever is concerned right in the face, and tell him or her exactly what needs to be said. Do not avoid confrontation!
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 14:26:16 +0000
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