How to Groom Your Team to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders.....
For an Organisation to grow, identifying and grooming the future leaders of your company is of utmost importance. You would think with all of the books being written on leadership that the labour force would be more skilled in leadership abilities. In fact, there remains a significant gap in leadership skills within the corporate hallways globally.
There are many answers. One possibility is fear. Many CEOs we work with are afraid of giving up control, either because they do not trust in the abilities of their team or they fear they will lose control. The second could be, in my opinion, a lack of clarity as to what successful leadership looks like on a day-to-day basis. And another possibility is that the leadership team believes it would be easier to do a particular task themselves versus teaching someone else how to do it. Here’s how to address each of these issues.
Issue NO. 1: Fear of giving up control. Author Marilyn Ferguson said, “Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.” The fact of the matter is, companies with CEOs who are afraid of delegating responsibility and holding those parties accountable to their work will never reach higher levels of success.”
SOLUTION: Delegate tasks that have low risks and low consequences. An engineering CEO was scared to death to delegate sales to a project manager even though he demonstrated strong selling skills. By documenting the sales process with scripts to keep the project manager on point, he was able to sell a £450,000 engineering project.
Issue NO. 2: Confusion as to what leadership means. The best definition we have heard is that leadership is where the leader determines the vision of the company and then aligns that vision with what each individual employee/volunteer wants to accomplish in their careers.
SOLUTION: Create unity and singleness of purpose where most (if not all) parties have a vested interest in achieving the objectives of the company. This will reduce the number of people who leave the company because they did not believe they could achieve their goals.
Issue NO. 3: Many leaders believe it would be faster to do the task themselves rather than delegate it. This thinking is actually true in the short-term. While it may speed the process for the short term, this thinking does nothing to grow its people and allow the leader or manager to progress in their career.
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SOLUTION: Spend the extra time and effort to train the team member(s) on the task. The long-term rewards will be more than worth it.
Find places where you can give up control, strengthen your delegation skills and invest time in training your team members well, and the results will show in your company’s bottom line.
Now go and be successful with your team players.
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2yGreat piece - i think one of the key things to identify is whether or not people want to be leaders, and who to involve in this process. This can change over time, but - IMHO - is an important consideration to be made before adopting these solutions. On more than one occasion i've seen bosses / organisations keen to support the success of their teams, but without understanding what that means to individuals and instead defining success on their own terms. S 🐙