Frustrated

Today I am going to throw a question out there and I would like to see your responses in my comments. The question today is “What is your most frustrating part of being a leader?”

We learn by asking questions and we learn buy understanding what makes ourselves and others frustrated. What happens when a leader is frustrated is that they can let their guard down and lose control of situations. A leader needs to either be in control or always seem like they are in control.

The one thing that frustrates me as a leader is when people don’t listen and they don’t do what you expect of them. When this happens it sometimes means extra work for the leader or taking extra time to explain the process. In the busy world of leadership you want people to get it right the first time. To be fair it may not be their fault it is important that you as the leader explains things clearly the first time.

Here are some things the leader can do to prevent them getting frustrated when people don’t listen.

• Explain things clearly.
• Ask for them to repeat the instructions.
• Follow-up to make sure things are going well.
• If it is a long project set up one-on-ones to talk about the progression.

If you follow these four things it hopefully will help eliminate some of the frustration you might feel. It doesn’t matter what your frustration might be these four things will help alleviate the frustration.

What frustrates you?