Jun 7, 2022
It goes without saying that being a leader demands a lot of responsibility. It’s a leader’s job to make decisions on vision, strategy, and how to achieve results. Leaders must also ensure resourcing, manage performance, and develop talent. Add to that, the authority that comes with a leadership role for leading people to achieve organizational results, holding people accountable to expectations, bestowing rewards, and delivering consequences.
While it may be a leader’s responsibility to perform these duties as a normal part of their roles, many leaders today remain passive or permissive by abdicating their authority to employees instead of leading their people. This failure to use their authority signifies that a leader is operating from the Child Leadership Persona. Understanding why leaders rely on this persona and how to recognize its symptoms play a key role in reclaiming leadership responsibility and authority.
In today’s episode, Anne & Heather explore the Dysfunction of Lack of Responsibility and share some of the ways leaders let themselves off the hook for taking responsibility for their employee's performance. They’ll share real client stories that illustrate just how common it is to find this type of leadership behavior in organizations today. You’ll also get some practical tips that you can use if your leaders aren’t stepping up and taking responsibility because they are leading from the Child Leadership Persona, blaming, and making excuses for not achieving results.
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