I've had a couple of goes at it myself, and while I didn't totally fail, some experiences were worse than others. At first, I considered leadership as taking the initiative, and basically, a better way of contributing more than just scrut work. But, After a few months in the top job, i realised that in the end, people will always blame the faults on you, and take the successes for themselves. Mind you, It's not an attention problem. I'm rethinking my idea of contributing, Can I contribute more by keeping my mouth shut, and just doing what others tell me to do ?, Can I be a cog in the machine and still satisfy myself, and contribute?, Or will I consistently feel the urge to correct wrongs in others style or operations. (This is different from micromanaging). Question is, In the end, Is leadership worth it ?, Is your sense of accomplishment enough to overcome what often can become a blame game ?, Or what often can be ignored ?.
That's why I owned and ran my own businesses, alone except for some day laborers. That way I was always a good leader for there was only myself to answer to!Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! :yay:
I get into positions of leadership I don't want. It doesn't bother me. Your poll needs a third option.
It depends on who you are. Many people in leadership position have only one characteristic: Absolute incompetence. It is not worth it for them or anybody else because it only leads to trouble.
Business, society, government, religion, etc are mainly a muddled mess of the incompetent leading the incompetent. Competent people are usually thwarted, frustrated, overruled & punished.
The wealthy or elite get their leadership positions by mainly the practice of nepotism. The entrepreneur does not do this and yeah he still gets blame I understand since that’s what bosses will have to deal with. Have a great lawyer picked out and insurance and call everyone’s bluff unless there’s a serious dispute be all can do I suppose. I don't think if at some company where energy vamps are ready to sap the life out out someone that someone should waist their time doing more than the basics. Rather choosing to not get further involved with these sorts of cliques. Your free time and peace of mind are far more important and ignoring some persons has got to sometimes be the main course of a job if that has become obvious. You just got to add up and judge those co-workers as energy vampire cliques or not. But on a more pleasant note Entrepreneur leadership is definitely worth doing!
Sure it worth it. Assuming you're intelligent and have a good understanding of what you're doing. But if you have neither of those, you're certainly in the wrong job!! So back to why it's worth it when you have the qualifications: YOU get to decide what direction and actions to take. Forget completely about "getting the credit" - if you are a decent leader, it will be a team effort and everyone on the team gets the credit. Far, far to many leaders/managers are more concerned with getting the credit instead of just getting the job done right. And those are poor leaders indeed!
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