Leadership Learning Moment 46 - Are You A \'D and D\' Leader 04 02 2009

Michael HollandBishop House Consulting, Inc.

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Can a leader be impoverished? Absolutely! Impoverished leaders detach themselves from their team, and basically allow the team to manage itself. Often these leaders “delegate and disappear.” While delegation is a strong and effective way to manage, delegating without follow up, not providing adequate direction and not keeping track of an individual’s or team’s progress are very ineffective means of leadership. The impact is often that an individual or team feels ignored, resentful and disconnected from their manager. Make sure you keep connected, keep communicating and build the necessary relationships with your staff so they feel empowered and so do you. With whom have you interacted in the last 5 days? What projects or tasks may have been delegated, but have not received follow-up from you recently?

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Take Action: Write the 1st name of each of your staff. Now, write the number of days – or weeks, months – since you last had a conversation regarding his or her workload. Next, write down what actions you should take. Now, what actions will you actually take?

Employee Name

Last Follow-up

Action(s) to Take