The Reality Of Being A Leader

What We Know But Don’t Talk About

I was leading a group of Leaders today, and we discussed some of their challenges.

Again and again, we kept coming across problems that didn’t seem to have great solutions.

Sometimes, that is how Leadership is.

Many people want to become Leaders for a variety of reasons.

Power.

Recognition.

To Help Others.

To Create Solutions.

Some of these reasons are bad.

Other reasons are great.

Regardless of why people choose to become a Leader (or are pushed into it), there are Realities we must face.

There are times when there are no “good” solutions, especially when it comes to challenges around personnel.

Now, there are “infinite” solutions that exist to all problems, but we don’t always get a full say on whether a solution works or not.

Many solutions that exist require multiple people to work.

Sometimes, there are individuals who don’t want to participate in that work.

Some of them have all the potential in the world.