First, a quick poll. We're looking to talk to leaders who experience these problems:

As a leader, you might erroneously believe that results come from you.
Your actions. Your decisions. The quality of your instructions.

You can't be blamed for believing that. It's what you've heard your whole career.

And it's incorrect.

In fact, the results really come from the people in your care.
(You know, "the led.")

What if they could lead themselves? Then it could be all about them, not you.
Their actions. Their decisions. Their results, without needing your instructions.

They would be your partners in thinking and action.

You wouldn’t have to always have all the answers.
Or always know what to do.
Or always know what to say.

You wouldn’t risk embarrassing yourself or giving people a reason to doubt you anytime you show a little vulnerability or hesitate a little in order to think.

No more putting on a brave face to just push through and look the part.

The version of leadership that holds all those things up as “what it takes to lead” is outdated and short-sighted, and if that’s what you’re still being told today, then your organization, your education, and all the thought leaders in suits out there have failed you.

There's a better way.

One where the people in your care are leaders in their own right, supporting you, sharing the burden, while also feeling the presence and support of your leadership in unleashing everything they do.

You could begin today, if you want.

What happens next just might surprise you.

Ben and David
StrategyTeaming.com