The role of the business owner, CEO, or manager is to lead. The people who fill those roles are responsible for providing the leadership and direction that the organization they work for requires so that progress can be made and goals can be reached. But too often the person who has been put into that leadership role fails to do the one thing that is most vital to the organization's success. They fail to build a great team!
What Poor Leaders Often Do
It is an unfortunate but all too often occurrence that a leader will surround themselves with people that cannot make an appreciable difference to an organization. They would never, of course, tell you that it was intentional but it is intentional because it is done in a self serving fashion. There are, of course, many reasons why leaders fill the ranks around them with people who are less than adequate for the job. Often they dislike conflict so they find themselves yes-men, or they fear someone else taking away their spotlight so they stay away from people who might outshine them. There is, of course, a long list of reasons why leaders fail to surround themselves with the best people they can find. And they are wrong for doing so.
What Great Leaders Do
Great leaders are not afraid to share the spotlight with someone who is equally deserving. They are not afraid to hire someone they believe may be smarter than them nor do they fear people with more expertise or experience in an area they themselves have. Great leaders are not afraid to hire people who are willing to stand up to them if what they believe is right. Great leaders know that the goals of the business come before personal ambitions. They know that for the business to achieve real success, the business needs great teams.
Which Is Better for the Business
Just as it takes a great leader to build a great team it also takes a great team to build a great leader. Leaders must know how to infuse their teams with a passion and drive to succeed. Great leaders find the best and the brightest people they can. People who have the ability to push the business forward and make it greater than it is. And then they groom such people to one day become leaders themselves. They realize that for the business to prosper it will need as much talent and experience as it can get from the top of the organization on down. Great leaders know that the whole business is a team. And great leaders build great teams.
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