{"id":8075,"date":"2024-04-04T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/?p=8075"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T13:54:10","slug":"in-a-leadership-slump-avoid-these-3-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/in-a-leadership-slump-avoid-these-3-shortcuts\/","title":{"rendered":"In A Leadership Slump? Avoid These 3 Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When your leadership seems like it has hit a slump, it can be tempting to look for any shortcut to get things going again.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Slumps can hit any leader, at any time.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 The wins just aren\u2019t happening,<\/h3>\n

\u2013 The plan just isn\u2019t coming together,<\/h3>\n

\u2013 The team just isn\u2019t responding,<\/h3>\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

But should you give in to a leadership\u00a0shortcut the cost can be great:<\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0Loss of credibility,<\/h3>\n

\u2013\u00a0Confusion on the team,<\/h3>\n

\u2013\u00a0Slowing of momentum.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

So, what are those leadership shortcuts? Here are three of the most common, and deadly temptations you could face\u2026<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0Creating policies<\/h2>\n

Moving people or organizations forward requires the hard work of leadership. It requires vision casting, team building, and ensuring team values are being embraced and lived out.<\/p>\n

But instead of doing this hard work, some leaders will opt instead to simply churn out a few policies.<\/p>\n

Policies might have their place. But often, cranking out policies is a signal that the team is just not on board with the values.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0Losing your cool<\/h2>\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

If you 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. And it\u2019s just another shortcut.<\/p>\n

Keep your composure. Always.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0Creating a new org chart<\/h2>\n

\u2026or reorganizing\u00a0anything<\/em>.<\/p>\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

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

But, once again, it hasn\u2019t. It\u2019s just another shortcut.<\/p>\n

Face it. Sometimes leadership is just hard. Moving a group of people forward requires tremendous effort and tenacity.<\/p>\n

And in the midst of it all it can be very tempting to simply take one of these shortcuts.<\/p>\n

But resist these easy \u2018outs\u2019. Stick to the hard work of leadership.<\/p>\n

The results will be worth it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When your leadership seems like it has hit a slump, it can be tempting to look for any shortcut to get things going again. Slumps can hit any leader, at any time.\u00a0 \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…<\/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":[1021,1032,738,7,744,704],"tags":[984,1088,825],"class_list":["post-8075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courage","category-credibility","category-effectiveness-2","category-leadership","category-team-2","category-value","tag-leadership","tag-policies","tag-values"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075","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=8075"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8078,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075\/revisions\/8078"}],"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=8075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}