Thursday, June 21, 2012

Being a leader means...

Scene:

Boss trying to get the buy in from one of his employees to hire a manager who the employee will report into in the future. He has two candidates Mr.X and Mr.Y. The choice of Boss is different from his employees choice. Boss tries to convince that the choice he has made is the best choice in the long run and requests my feedback.

My response - that lead to the decision .

Thank you for giving so much regard to my opinion. I will give my thought about hiring. In simple terms "You got to do, what you got to do.". 

I do not want to pick  Mr.X or Mr.Y due to two reasons: 
  1. I feel they both are not qualified to do the job.
  2. I heard messages that were absolute contrast from Mr.A,Mr.B and Mr.C as compared to Mr.E1,Mr.E2.Mr.E3. 

Managers always face such interesting situations and that is the reason why we are here and what we are here for. I will give you some examples which will make you comfortable announcing your decision. 
  1. I hired Ms.E against the will of the team, when the team were not happy and did not have any confidence that a girl can do the job. I trusted my instincts and hired her, she served for 3 years and was a top performer of the team.
  2. Mr.H was considered as an average player with good communication skills. I trusted my instincts to promote him. He turned out to be a better manager than his lead and is now handling a team. 
Opportunities make us leaders and the choices we make, makes us who we are: 
  1. Owing to disparity in thoughts do not make a decision on Mr.X and Mr.Y and keep the search on.
  2. Trust your instincts and your passion to make the company a better place and trust your instincts and your experience and make a decision and go with it. 
  3. The choices we make, makes us who we are. You should go ahead and announce your decision. 

Concluding thoughts:

Leaders are leaders due to the choices they make and living by their decisions and learning from their success and mistakes. Leaders realize, accept and learn from their mistakes and progress.

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