Leaders Are Being Influenced Dominantly By Either Confidence Or Competence
Beginning of paper
Before a person can take any action to lead their followers, they must
be able to recognize approximately where their followers are in the
developmental cycle. To do this, he or she must watch closely the actions of
his or her followers and determine to what degree their actions are being
influen ....
Middle of paper
.... simply step away and allow
the responsibility to dump onto the followers; surely if that happened, they
would quickly lose confidence and possibly competence too. Instead, the
leadership and responsibility of the followers should be increased gradually as
they are steadily empowered, and at a rate that depends on how well the newly
gained leadership is handled.
At all times though, the leader must be prepared to guide or even
realign the direction the newly independent followers take. ....
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