Are you lifting or limiting your results?

Delegation is dead. It was a thing of the 90s. That was a time when leaders in senior positions deemed others "below" them in the hierarchy, as capable of doing work on their behalf. It was based on control, financially motivated and focused on the leader.

Believe it or not, delegation is still a thing in some businesses. I know because I see it. Less so, but it's still out there. And it is impacting results and employees.

It's 2020 now. Our employees are more focused on their own development, building their strengths, their career. Employees don't want delegation. They want to work for a leader than empowers. Someone that enables decisions using frequent and meaningful conversations about the things that matter to the team.

Leaders that LIFT UP employees in this way are more likely to thrive. The current work culture and workforce need a leader that lifts. A leader that inspires and builds trust in teams and grows belonging.

LIMITING

Your style of communication and leadership sets the roof of your results. It locks in a limit on your achievements. The more closed you are to ideas and views, the lower the roof on your results.

Google research found that the most effective managers realize that they work for their teams. Not the other way around.

HOW not IF

The question of whether to involve employees in decisions and projects is all but redundant. Just like delegation. Successful businesses these days ask themselves HOW they can best involve employees. Not IF they should.

Please share your thoughts or an example of how your leadership or communication either lifted or limited your results. I'd love to hear from you.