Slumps can hit any leader, at any time. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When that happens there can be a great temptation to avoid the sometimes hard, grueling, long road that leadership often requires. It\u2019s in these seasons of struggle that the lure to take a sneaky leadership shortcut can be almost irresistible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But should you give in to a leadership shortcut the cost can be great:<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, what are those leadership shortcuts? Here are three of the most common, and deadly temptations you could face\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moving people or organizations forward requires the hard work of leadership. It requires vision casting, team building, and difficult conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But instead of doing this hard work, some leaders will opt instead to simply churn out a few policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Policies might have their place. Just don\u2019t confuse them with leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When a leader loses their cool, it\u2019s like a child throwing a temper tantrum. Both are frustrated that they\u2019re not getting their way. And so they pitch a fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If people give in to this, it can create the illusion that there has been a leadership accomplishment. But \u2018powering up\u2019 isn\u2019t the same as leadership. It\u2019s more like bullying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And it\u2019s just another shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026or reorganizing anything<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A leader paralyzed with indecision will sometimes whip out a piece of paper or run to a white board and start drawing boxes, circles and lines with abandon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In time a brand new exciting organization chart can emerge, and the resulting change in reporting structures can provide yet another illusion that real leadership has taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, once again, it hasn\u2019t. It\u2019s just another shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Face it. Sometimes leadership is just hard. Moving a group of people forward requires tremendous effort and tenacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And in the midst of it all it can be very tempting to simply take one of these shortcuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But resist these easy \u2018outs\u2019. Stick to the hard work of leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The results will be worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When they hit a slump, effective leaders will fight their way through, when others are simply looking for a shortcut. Slumps can hit any leader, at any time. \u2013 The wins just aren\u2019t happening, \u2013 The plan just isn\u2019t coming together, \u2013 The team just isn\u2019t responding, When that happens there can be a great…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[478,7,1019,1020,585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-leadership","category-perspective","category-problems","category-wisdom-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6935,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6934\/revisions\/6935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u2013 The wins just aren\u2019t happening,<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 The plan just isn\u2019t coming together,<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 The team just isn\u2019t responding,<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Loss of credibility,<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Confusion on the team,<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Slowing of momentum.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1. <\/strong>Creating policies<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2. <\/strong>Losing your cool<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3. <\/strong>Creating a new org chart<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n