Been thinking a lot about leading. About what being a good leader means. Some of the books I’ve been reading spend a lot of time defining and describing good leaders. Detailing skills and expertise that point toward and defne good leaders. One of the things that many of the authors talk about is who gets lead. For example, it doesn’t really matter how good a leader is, or what the vision is of the leader, if the people don’t want to put forth the effort to move, the only thing that happens is the leader gets worn out.
I wonder, how does one determine how much people want to move from where they are to somewhere else? Is there a quiz? A questionnaire? Is there a scale that suggests the amount of effort needed to move from point a to point b? Perhaps a table that would suggest if there were x number of people who wanted to move to place a, they would need to spend x number of hours every week in the effort.
I read once about a dogsled team and the need to pick a new lead dog. One of the things that the owner had to consider was if the team would work equally as hard as the new lead dog. Sometimes the owner of the team would spend weeks trying out lead dogs until he could find one that worked well with the team. Just thinking….
I wonder, how does one determine how much people want to move from where they are to somewhere else? Is there a quiz? A questionnaire? Is there a scale that suggests the amount of effort needed to move from point a to point b? Perhaps a table that would suggest if there were x number of people who wanted to move to place a, they would need to spend x number of hours every week in the effort.
I read once about a dogsled team and the need to pick a new lead dog. One of the things that the owner had to consider was if the team would work equally as hard as the new lead dog. Sometimes the owner of the team would spend weeks trying out lead dogs until he could find one that worked well with the team. Just thinking….
