Marshall Goldsmith’s best seller, What Got You Hear Won’t Get You There, sums up perfectly the reality for every leader. With the chaos of disruption in almost every area of life, the leader has to be constantly developing both character and competency to meet the ever changing demands. This post by Carey Nieuwhof is asks all the right questions:
“Are you losing your edge as a leader? And if you are, how would you even know?
I’ve asked myself these questions more than once, and I think if you stick around in leadership for long, you have to ask. I’ve got a theory that everyone needs to renew their leadership every 7-10 years or you grow stagnant (you can read about the theory here). If you don’t renew yourself, you stagnate. And if you stagnate, you’re really not leading.
Far too many hold the title of leader long after they’ve truly stopped leading. And that’s not good for anyone, including the leader. So how do you know if you’re starting to stagnate? If you’re losing your edge?”