“Many ‘leaders’ expect to be the captain of the ship and think that everyone should listen to them on the direction they should go. Effective leaders are the best listeners and are able to distill the insights from the experts on their team into a sound strategy that individually they would never be able to craft. This also creates better team buy-in toward the mission since the team was involved.”
Read MoreIf you’ve ever received feedback that you “need to be more strategic,” you know how frustrating it can feel. To add insult to injury, the feedback rarely comes with any concrete guidance on what to do about it. One of my coaching clients, Lisa, a vice president of HR, was in this situation and explains, “I was just told to think bigger picture and to be more strategic. It felt like I had been given the definition of a word by using the same word. It just wasn’t helpful.”
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