No exceptional professional is ever an 'always-yes-boss' person.
They all have a point of view and their unique ways of doing things. They like to challenge ideas and conventions.
They somehow find a way to take their team along and deliver outstanding results while playing by the rules of the game. Yet, they do it in their own unique way. So much so that many such professionals may seem like carrying their own quirks.
Three ways leaders deal with such professionals:
1. Average leader: prioritizes their own authority and replaces the person at the first available excuse to do so.
2. Good leader: keeps their own ego in check and let the person produce exceptional results without coming in their way
3. Great leader: proactively finds opportunities where the person's traits can produce the maximum impact for the organization and makes them shine even more
In the new era:
-Forced authority is the anti-thesis of leadership.
-Humility is a pre-requisite.
-Vision, empathy, and tact are the traits that truly define #leadership
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