{"id":7669,"date":"2022-12-09T06:25:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2022-12-09T06:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T12:25:28","slug":"4-ways-to-elevate-your-leadership-from-control-to-growth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/09\/4-ways-to-elevate-your-leadership-from-control-to-growth-2\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways To Elevate Your Leadership from Control to Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIn leadership, you can have control or you can have growth. But you can\u2019t have both.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u2013 Craig Groeschel<\/p>\n

Leaders who feel the need to personally involve themselves in the minutia of the team\u2019s operation rarely call themselves a \u201ccontrol freak\u201d, but\u00a0without realizing it, their need to control is impeding the very results they want so desperately to see.<\/p>\n

Effective leaders know that to maximize growth, it requires being willing to give up a measure of control.<\/h3>\n

Any leader can succumb to the urge to be a bit of a control freak. But you can overcome this temptation by shifting your focus beyond control and on to these empowering dynamics\u2026<\/p>\n

1. Focus on Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When you have assigned the task to the team, come to an agreement on the expected results, and be relentlessly focused on seeing the team achieve those results.<\/p>\n

2. Focus on Vision<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Empowering leaders keep the team on track by ensuring that the big picture is kept in focus at all times. They\u2019ll bring their best game when they know how their role matters in the grand scheme.<\/p>\n

3. Focus on Values<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Values define how people are treated. You don\u2019t have to control how the team carries out the plan, but you do need to obsess over how they treat people.<\/p>\n

4. Focus on Coaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The team needs to know you are there to help them, if and when required. This is more than having an \u201copen door\u201d. This is proactively approaching your team and saying, \u201cI am here to help any way I can\u201d.<\/p>\n

When the urge to control the process becomes almost overwhelming, pause\u2026take stock\u2026and re-adjust your focus. Lift your gaze off of the operations of the plan and focus instead on the results, on the vision, on the values, and on your role as a coach.<\/p>\n

Because, as Craig Groeschel reminds us, you can have growth or you can have control. You can\u2019t have both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIn leadership, you can have control or you can have growth. But you can\u2019t have both.\u201d \u2013 Craig Groeschel Leaders who feel the need to personally involve themselves in the minutia of the team\u2019s operation rarely call themselves a \u201ccontrol freak\u201d, but\u00a0without realizing it, their need to control is impeding the very results they want…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7165,"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":[738,478,577,7,744],"tags":[984,62],"class_list":["post-7669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-focus","category-leadership","category-team-2","tag-leadership","tag-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669","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=7669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7670,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions\/7670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}