Contrary to what some believe, the most highly gifted leaders are not necessarily able to show the way successfully at your firm.
Sad at it may seem, some highly capable leaders work at and barely survive the most dysfunctional corporations out there.
What can be done … when workplaces harbor bigger problems than leaders can confront?
Ensuring that skilled leaders take a firm to its fullest potential requires first … an understanding of what goes wrong in failed corporate cultures. Second, it requires practical tactics from neuro discoveries to rejuvenate tainted brainpower.
One common problem that works against gifted leaders is lack of tone skills commonly practiced at many workplaces. Although leaders may possess competent skills to motivate … and while they may attempt to direct peak performance at work … staff still perform poorly where few skills exist to disagree while at the same time building good will, for instance.
In some cases, cynicism shuts down and kills creativity. As a result the corporate culture emerges with rigid routines that keep potential leaders safe from skeptics’ criticism while performance suffers. Along with a workplace’s loss of morale … comes lack of encouragement to take calculated risks that keep winning companies at cutting edges.
If your firm has frustrated workers who grow aggressive … or gifted leaders who opt for workplace clowns to survive the cold climate … you may be wasting brainpower unnecessarily.
One way to avoid the traps of dysfunctional settings … is to support talented workers who remain hamstrung at work. Start with a survey of brainpower at work to discover performance hotspots impacted by tone.
Then add one or two tone tactics at a time for new zest found only at the brightest workplaces … where skilled experts find courage and confidence to lead.
Ellen, you bring to the fore leadership skills that can influence the most and yet so many firms overlook these! Thanks for insights that make a difference.
Posted by: Dr. Robyn McMaster | August 13, 2008 10:24 AM | Permalink to Comment