The Notes of a "Well-Read" Leader-Manager
This has been the most interesting year - a year of growth as a leader in particular. In times before, I felt the need to have approval . If I had an idea or was about to make a decision that affected more than just me... more than just those under me (for the day)... but affected the future, I needed to run it by a "higher up" first. I may have been a leader (as someone who "led" by example and coached or directed those "following"), but I wasn't actually in charge of the animal I was leading. This year has been different. I see myself as managing this entire ecosystem. In a sense, there is more freedom, but there is also a huge responsibility with every step I take... there is room and permission to fail (a major topic of my last post). Because of all of this, I felt determined to be the best leader-manager. I couldn't wait for someone else to lead me, but I could begin getting the tools and implement it now. And, it would start with how I was t...