Predictability
Noel DeJesus
Military Author | LTG(R) Dubik Fellow | Penn State Fellow | Pocket Sized Leadership? | Learning and Development Professional
Predictability!
Weirdly, predictable is a word that we don’t often associate with leadership.
I guess the word predictable is just too boring……
Even the dictionary has it listed as derogatory — behaving or occurring in a way that is expected.
It seems as if there are just far too many other exciting ways to describe the traits of a leader — like:?
?? Dynamic
?? Synergizing
?? Action-Focused
?? Change-Oriented
As we continue to push our leaders to be more exciting — we mustn’t forget that leadership is a relationship-based process that lives on a reciprocal scale.
Just as leaders have expectations of their followers — followers have expectations of their leaders.
If your followers don’t know who you are — and they can’t predict the values and priorities of the leader that is showing up to the office from one day to the next day — that’s a problem.
Yes, leadership is an ever-changing process of variables, but leaders should still strive to provide predictability.
Bilingal(Spanish)Master Fitness Trainer at US Army, Equal Opportunity Leader, Master Instructor, Small Group Leader, Master Resilience Trainer, BA in business
2 年Noel you are absolutely correct. Leadership is always changing. An a leader should be predictable, this will help in day to day operations. Thank you for sharing.