Thanks to Seth Godin who asked Where do you park? I found myself wondering… Who parks teams in front spots?
Seth told how … “The manager of the Chase Bank in Pleasantville parks right out front. Her branch is on a quiet street with parking meters available for customers to use.”
I just worked with a man who’s personal obsession with a promotion and competition blinded him to what he could contribute to the team’s quality. 
The who group lost the deal for their firm, in spite of many talents that could have won.
Seth pointed out that… “the manager parks right out front (in fact, I saw her move her car from two spaces away to an even closer spot today). She has four or five people working in the branch, so if they follow her lead, that's half the spaces.” Have you seen similar leaders?
I too am increasingly convinced that the kind of lead we offer speaks to the kind of parking we do. Seems to me that transformational leaders rarely take a park me first lead, up front.
Fact is … you often see transformational leaders simultaneously pushing and riding a bus up to the front spot. Know anybody who parks your group up front?
Ellen, thought provoking, true leaders give credit and accept blame. There should be certain privillages for management but it should not be visable to clients. I have been at the airport where the first class or platinum line was longer than the coach or everybody line. Very few of us moved to the shorter line
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