Joe’s Leadership Blog

The Question of Leadership offers advice for people in a new leadership role.  One on her list is:

Figure out who is on board with your vision and direction and move the rest out.

Jim Collins talks about this in his book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t.  His term is to get everyone on the bus.  While the simplistic version of this may be to clean house immediately, I think that is short sighted.    It is important to know who is buying in, but need time to adjust as opposed to people who are fighting the system.  People are naturally wary of new leadership.  Throwing away years of institutional history and community relationships without giving staff a chance to adjust and buy in makes a leaders job harder, not easier. I’ve given friends You’re in Charge, Now What?: The 8 Point Plan when they have taken on new leadership positions and gotten good feedback, although I haven’t read it myself.   Cranking Widgets chimes in with How to Not Screw Up Your New Job.

Categories: Leadership
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