Ever wonder what makes a good boss? Many people will tell you they want to be their own boss and that’s what drives them to be successful in home business but what about being a boss to a team of people?
In internet network marketing, people are told not to be a boss to their downline/subscribers because the idea is to get them to be able to stand on their own two feet and make their own way in life.
They are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones. Now that’s all well and good but when you have new people in your team who are looking for guidance, it’s natural they are going to look to you as a leader so you want to make sure you have the skills to guide them in the right direction.
A recent post at linkedin.com highlighted five bosses you don’t want to be and the truth is, very few, if any would be able to eliminate each one of the traits listed.
As a home business leader, studying these five traits can give you some great insight into what it takes to be a leader people are drawn too and will want to be in business with simply by working on or improving on any one of the five areas.
They include:
- being a know-it-all
- being too remote
- being a bully
- being too nice
- being unable to differentiate
Can you see any one of these traits in your make up?
What is lousy leadership? Here are a few of the most common ways leaders can get it wrong and too often do.
The first and perhaps most frustrating way that some people blow leadership is by being know-it-alls. They can tell you how the world works, what corporate is thinking, how it will backfire if you try this or that, and why you can’t change the product one iota. They even know what kind of car you should be driving. Sometimes these blowhards get their swagger from a few positive experiences. But usually they’re just victims of their own bad personalities. And you and your company are victims, too. Because know-it-alls aren’t just insufferable, they’re dangerous. They don’t listen, and that “deafness” makes it very hard for new ideas to get heard, debated, expanded, or improved. No single person, no matter how smart, can take a business to its apex. For that, you need every voice heard. And know-it-all leadership creates a deadly silence…..
What is lousy leadership? Here are a few of the most common ways leaders can get it wrong and too often do.Knowing how to be a good boss starts with being honest enough to identify your weak spots. And it could very well be you are too heavily slanted in one of the areas mentioned in this post.
It’s not easy finding a happy medium and that’s probably one there are few exceptional leaders or bosses.
But we are not asking you to be exceptional just yet. First, learn to be good.
So start with being honest with yourself…are you anyone of the above and if so, are you willing to change?
