I don’t really like getting hung up in “rank and privilege.” If I’m in a leadership position, it really means that I have the burden of Responsibility and Accountability for my decisions. The buck stops at me.
It’s always been important to me to cultivate relationships with my staff. It’s not just a command structure. They need to follow my orders, because they trust and respect me; just as I need to trust and respect my employees.
It’s much more about being human, than it is about being a “leader,” whatever that means.
I think it's also due to the fact that if you are a leader in the right place, you have to deal with too many things anyway and the only way to survive is to delegate as much as possible. In order to delegate you need to treat people with trust.
You have the burden of responsibility, because you take it. Many people in charge don't and will gladly blame others as much as they can, yet get away with it because some management don't wish for integrity, but need a watchdog.
I don’t really like getting hung up in “rank and privilege.” If I’m in a leadership position, it really means that I have the burden of Responsibility and Accountability for my decisions. The buck stops at me.
It’s always been important to me to cultivate relationships with my staff. It’s not just a command structure. They need to follow my orders, because they trust and respect me; just as I need to trust and respect my employees.
It’s much more about being human, than it is about being a “leader,” whatever that means.
I dunno. It worked for me. YMMV.