So, Here's My Story...

When do you talk to your leadership team about your business challenges? How about your spouse? When does leadership mean “this is my problem to solve”, and when do you wrap the rest of your organization in on your decisions? Let’s talk about it! Why is that important for business?  Some businesses don’t rely on their leadership for much of anything, and think leadership is a matter of figuring out the solution and then sharing it with the rest of the team. On the other end of the spectrum, some tell their leadership everything, and it can affect morale and have negative repercussions on retention. When we don’t use our team, we miss out on other thinking, nor do we engage their talent fully. And if we don’t believe in their ability to contribute to the solution – that’s another problem altogether.  At the same time, we need to be conscious of our own emotional state before we infect the whole company with it, which is why it’s good to come to the table once we are ready for solutions, and not just panicking.