DAVID GUERRA, MA, MBA

LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLE #3: DEVELOP A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG YOUR SUBORDINATES

When a leader shares with her followers the need to accept responsibility for their actions the leader is well on her way to creating GREAT leaders. A leader that not only creates a sense of responsibility among his subordinates but also holds them accountable to that responsibility is showing his followers they matter.

Leadership is a lonely task but when you are creating and developing a sense of responsibility among your subordinates, you are far from lonely. Creating your follower’s sense of responsibility is one of those times that Leaders and Followers work together to make something good happen. Good things happen when dialogue between a leader and his follower occurs. The leader’s intent (to instill a sense of responsibility) is conveyed to his subordinates and their interpretation is convey back to the leader.

Be a leader that not only welcomes her followers to accept responsibility for their actions but a leader that expects her followers to learn from their successes as well as their failures as part of accepting responsibility.

Thank you,
David Guerra, MBA

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