The third aspect of selfish leadership is
playing favorites. Have you ever been on the opposite side of the fence when a
boss or leader plays favorites? If you have it probably didn’t make you feel
very good. It also makes a person feel as if the leader is alienating them.
When a leader plays favorites it shows
their selfishness. It shows they are only interested in themselves and their
own success. A true leader is someone who is more interested in the success of
others and the success of those around them. A true leader will want to embrace
everyone equally. In so doing it will build a cohesive team and a sense of
family.
Building that cohesiveness allows people to
be more productive and will generate greater success. When this happens leaders
are successful and are viewed as true leaders because they aren’t playing
favorites.
If you are a leader what do you do if one
of your people are better at what they do than the others? You don’t want to
play favorites, here are some things you can do to strengthen your team without
playing favorites.
- Tap into the strengths of each member
- Have each of them train the others in their strengths
- Assign leadership roles to each of them so they will feel important
If you do these three things and not show
favorites you will be a successful leader and not a selfish leader.
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