Leadership

Watched some Gordon  Ramsey tonight. Almost every failing restaurant and hotel he deals with is a failure of leadership.

Leadership failures manifested in one of two directions. Scenario one is the leader not being sufficiently engaged. In this case, the leader is distant and fails to provide the direction and course for the rest of the staff. Scenario two is the leader micromanaging and getting too involved in every aspect of the business. Similarly, the leader fails to lead as she/he can not step back and set the vision for big picture.

This is true in many other instances, as well. So if you feel a lack of direction, step back. Are you failing to lead, if so are you too bogged down in the details or too distant. If you are not the leader, how can help the person who is leading identify where her/his leadership is going wrong.

There can be other failures of leadership, these two are always a good start to eliminate as a cause.