Taking Responsibility - The key to success in Leadership

Have you ever had the experience of having someone doing something that made you unhappy? This right, I'm sure you have. It could be that your boss looks great all the blood and the tears that you put only find fault in a minor insignificant. Could it be that his subordinates messed up a simple but important task. These things really work up to us, is not it?

After the initial attacks of frustration, then, we focus on? We do not play the scenes of our incompetent subordinates over and over in our heads, wallowing in pity for the situation where we are, and continue to blame for their lack of skill?

Or you choose to take responsibility for the situation and solve the problem?

At the beginning of my leadership journey, I fell into the trap of blaming others. When I worked as a manager in a country club, I was very unhappy about how my colleagues were always late for work. The team had an attitude rather laid back and lacked focus on the achievement of a common vision. Being new and a bit 'hasty, I chose to blame them and gave them a huge dressing down when they get to work late. Naturally, this created a lot of unhappiness on the ground, and not solve the problem. In the end, I felt that my strategy is going nowhere, so I asked the team members the highest for advice. It was then I realized that punctuality has never really been an emphasis by the previous operator since he was often late for work.

At that point, I decided that the problem was a cultural rather than individuals, and it would be foolish to blame as it has solved the problem. Having assumed responsibility for the situation, I changed my approach and chose instead to communicate with my staff on how I understand the difficulty of their adaptation and at the same time, the rules are still required to be met for reasons including productivity, services, etc.

This became a turning point in terms of results. As team members realize that there was a good reason to be on time, began to turn up on time. In addition, realizing that their leaders know their situation only serve to make them more committed to being on time.

This example may seem trivial as it reflects the theme of this article, and probably the attitude of leading core accountability. The moment the young and stupid I decided I should not blame others, and should instead be the solution of the problem have failed. Too often, we as leaders chose to blame others for the predicament you are in. We like to say that "It 'was the fault of my head,'" or "She can not understand a simple instruction," but we do not realize that, blaming others, regardless of how they deserve it, we do not solve the problem. As a leader, when making the decision to take responsibility, we understand that to regain the ability to solve problems and make changes.

To finish off, I would like to leave you with one thought: In the face of obstacles, 90 percent of people choose to blame the other, but may or may not be in positions of leadership, but certainly are not effective leaders. Ten percent choose to assume responsibility for the situation and solve problems accordingly. They may or may not be in positions of leadership, but they are certainly leaders in their own rights.

You're in the 90 per cent, or ten?

Leadership Lesson-take responsibility .......