RE: Ownership and lines of power — WeAreAliveAndSocial

I find myself lucky as well in that I have a great leadership team where I work - something that doesn’t seem to be too common in the world. I do wonder though if it’s becoming more of a widespread thing as long as you aren’t in that shit show government and their inefficiencies.

My team has solid leaders that don’t hesitate to jump in the trenches with us when it’s appropriate and get their hands dirty to help people get out of a bind. It’s a pretty good thing and it makes working with and for them a much more pleasant experience overall.

It is important when there is lines of communication and a power structure that isn’t a piece of shit - it makes the tough times or when things hit the fan and scatter everywhere, easier to manage and pick up the pieces to keep us going forward.

Hopefully you don’t have too many of those shit situations this year, they certainly don’t make it fun but it does provide for a learning opportunity if one is of the right mindset.

A good leadership team is critical to an efficient operation and growth, of course no leadership team can operate effectively without people to assist and that's where the whole team come into play.

I'm fortunate to have learned this a long time ago so the teams I've led have been successful, mostly, and those within the teams who are not on board have drifted away, or been speared. (Fired)

I agree with your comment about the power structure...I don't see leadership as power though, I see it as a responsibility to others, above and below, at to the mission at hand, the company, organisation, group, sporting team etc.

I'll have many more tough times, have in the past and will in the future, but that's leadership and I get paid accordingly. The thing is, in my experience, is that I'm only as good as the team around me so I work to build it, improve it, play to each person's strengths and improve their weaknesses; in this way they become more engaged, happier, more empowered and more understanding of the ultimate goal. That makes for a very efficient and profitable teams and when all the team (departments or whatever) are in this condition then the company is efficient and profitable and everyone gets paid accordingly.