There’s an saying in leadership circles: “The role of a leader is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.” A lot of us find ourselves laughing and nodding our heads sagely when we hear this. But isn’t it kind of crazy? What kind of sadist afflicts the comfortable? We do know it means that
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Front-line managers and supervisors can find themselves confused about how to motivate their employees to do what’s being asked of them. If you find yourself in this situation, it can be frustrating. But you can lead a high performing team by going through these steps, one by one.
You don’t want to be a victim of the Peter Principle, which says that people are promoted based on their tenure or their success in a previous role, irrespective of their capacity to excel in the new position. How do you decide like this when so much is at stake? No matter what you choose, you have lost what might have been your dream job in the other direction.