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| This is a guest blog post from my friend & fellow blogger Frank Abbruzzese. You can follow his blog at Building Circles - focusing on connecting and leading in your circle of influence. |
Imagine if you were not afraid of anything. Just think
about what you would do differently. What holds you
back? Even successful and great leaders have some
fear. Overcoming this fear and taking the chance to move it
aside or deal with the consequences can help you become a more effective
leader.
We tend to fall into two general “fear”
categories: afraid of failure or afraid of success.
Think about this for a moment……which one do you fall in?
I am afraid of failure. This is the biggest
self-motivator in all that I do. I’m still learning to say no
if there is a good chance of complete failure. Yes, we
understand we must make some mistakes, we do fail from time to time and these
experiences make us better and more successful.
Now we cannot be effective leaders by waiting and weighing
all the facts by delaying decisions or making non-decisions.
Effective leaders step up, take a snapshot and make a decision to lead
successful for the team and for everyone’ best interest. Making the
tough decisions while understanding there may be resistant and even
confrontation to those decisions. Leadership is not about pleasing
everyone. Effective leadership is keeping the best overall interest
of everyone in mind.
One of the biggest leadership decisions I have made, once I
was not afraid, was to “move the cheese”. (I did not even know I could
move the cheese). As I led to go find the “new cheese”, I was followed by
the team. Very happy to report had this decision not been made we
would have been left behind with “no cheese”.
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