Recently
I read an article revolving around the strategies and habits that make
“thinkers,” which got me to think…what do great leaders do?
Thinking
is defined as, “the process of
using one's mind to consider or reason about something. To have a particular
opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something.”
Certainly
great leaders exhibit most, if not all the examples presented in the article, but the real question is
what is it they expect from their followers? Do the leaders of great organizations develop, nurture, and
foster thinking throughout the entire company, or do they inspire and value the
thinking of only a few? Is it healthy
for the whole to think, question, and debate, or more practical to restrict
that behavior to a select few while the remainder simply go about completing
the tasks which were designed by “the thinkers?”
What
if I were to ask those in your company what it was you perpetuated as the
leader, how do you think they’d respond? Do you embrace, value, and trust the
thinking for all or only a select few?
At what point in time, if any, does the thinking have to stop and the
“doing” begin? Can they go on simultaneously in tandem, or must they be
separated from each other as not to bog down the process? So many questions…so
many various possibilities…what do you think???
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