Many leadership influencers highlight the importance of being clear on your priorities. Every time you say “Yes” to something, you’re saying “No” to something else, so choose your “No” carefully. These tradeoffs quickly become apparent when you’re looking at corporate strategies to pursue markets, products, roadmaps, and investments.
But there’s another part of leadership strategy where saying “No” can be just as important, and that concerns your personal leadership strategies.
Do you finish your team’s neglected tasks or repair their failures?
Do you attend meetings that have no agenda, or where your presence creates little value?
Do you steer your team in the direction of your preferred solution?
Do you make commitments that you don’t believe your current team can achieve?
There will be times when the answers to those questions may need to be “Yes.” But when you’re coming up with your personal leadership strategy, consider what kinds of questions you can default to “No.”
And if you’d like a confidential thinking partner to help you explore your own personal leadership strategy, let’s talk. Visit stevedwire.com/talk to start the conversation.
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