Saturday, May 4, 2013

Where do u set the bar for the team?


How do you perceive the fact that many a times, there is a tendency of leadership to set and have a pretty low expectation for the team?

In any given business environment, 'setting the right standards' is so important, not only for the organization, but also for the team and the individuals in it; at stake is not just the organizational performance, but also, the career of every single member of the team!

While a few leaders come down heavily on not so good performance, and even get tough from the execution point of view, surprisingly enough, there are also leaders who thrive on sub-optimal performance, just by shifting the blame of the handful of external factors - a bad client, a slow market, a perceived disrespect to the brand et al... In essence, it is either being blind to the whole world out there, or being naive to think that what you think is right, is what everyone thinks! You just stand on a high illusory platform, and be akin to a frog in the well... and to top it all, you are immune to what happens in similar companies, with similar people, with almost just a similar external environment..!!

Owing to being driven by the internal environment (?), you just stay in the comfort zone and live by sub-optimal standards....

The biggest loser, in my opinion is the team and its members... your own colleagues, who trust your wisdom to grow them, and their career..!

By your own deeds of not knowing where to set the bar, you make them feel nice with a performance that is just good, from the internal perspective. Little do they realize that what they think is good, is just not good to the outside world, which is where their careers will prosper and have to take wings....

Good is the enemy of the Great, and a 'myopic good' is the greatest evil for bright careers... it is the duty of every single leader to stay clear of any sort of myopic good - even if it means a temporary setback, a failure to get to stated goals, or even a setback in position... 


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