Leadership can be an unpopular business
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This video first ran in August 2011.
Throughout my career in leadership I had to accept this one major truth: I will not always make decisions that will make me universally popular.
When leading, we must always put our followers first; we must always do our best for our team members and we must always be servant leaders. However, in the course of business, as leaders we will occasionally find ourselves in a position where in order to do the best for the team we must make hard decisions that are not easily understood or agreed to by them.
In order to lead, you must have the trust of the team. However, you must also do everything you can to maintain the profitability of your organization. If you are in a leadership position and never find yourself making unpopular decisions, you are probably not doing a very good job.
Always communicate the reasons for your difficult decisions to your team. Through open, honest, timely communication you will gain their undying trust.
A leader who is indecisive, inconsistent, misleading, or a pushover will be much less popular than one who is open, honest, decisive, and courageous. Team members need strong leaders; leaders they can trust to fight for them. Are you that leader?
I am Wayne Kehl from Dynamic Leadership
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