OS 98: Reverse Paradigms, Controlling vs. Collaboration
from Orchestrating Success Hosted by Hugh Ballou
One of the biggest traps I experience with clients is that leadership is a term not universally understood and that leaders don’t know how to lead. We have been taught that leaders must have all the right answers and know what to do. That paradigm sets leaders up for problems. No one person knows every right answer or every right tactic. We have teams to fill in our gaps. The trick is to know how to create and sustain a collaborative culture. This defines Transformational Leadership. In order to define the culture, it’s important to define ourselves as leaders and note how we function. Below is a list comparing controlling leaders with collaborative leaders. Controlling Leader: Uses power of position Keeps control of information Top-down decision making Is “always right” Dictates Solves problems at executive level and informs others Creates “silos” of independent work Depends on a “rules”-based culture for limiting activities Attacks and blames people Uses the annual review to criticize Collaborating Leader: Uses power of influence Shares information openly with team Co-creation of decisions
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