Being a Leader doesn't mean Being Important

It means serving to the best of your Ability

“As it turns out, the primary motive for most young people, and too many older ones, is the rewards that leadership brings with it. Things like notoriety, status, and power. But people who are motivated by these things won’t embrace the demands of leadership when they see little or no connection between doing their duties and receiving those rewards.” - Patrick Lencioni (The Motive)

I’ve had some bad bosses in my life, and I’ve had some good ones, and even just there neutral ones. The best bosses were one that took a special interest in me. Who helped me progress and figure out my job and helped me find the confidence to figure it out. It was never the smartest or most smooth talking boss that I admired the most. It was the ones that would help me whenever I had a question and wouldn’t talk down to me for doing so. I wanted to take problems off their plate so I wouldn’t come to them with questions unless I was really stuck.

While being a good parent is a lot like being a Boss, you can’t fire your kid. It pushes you to learn from your mistakes and sometimes ask for forgiveness from your child when you do. I don’t remember a single time when any boss, good or bad came to me and apologize for what they did. I think that why we don’t trust Bosses a lot of the time. We can see what their allegiances and priorities are when the crap hits the fan, do they take ownership or pass it on down the line? Most do the latter, which is probably why the overall mentality of Bosses is negative. Do you think you can try and Buck that trend? Well, I guess that’s entirely up to you…

Until Tomorrow,

Jason Ziebarth

JZ#432