What Does NOT Make You A Good Leader?

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.”  – Walt Disney 

Visionaries plan a dream. But people are the crucial resource that can define the future of any company. This brings forth a big challenge to manage the manpower. A designated manager could be enough to manage the workforce but it requires strong leadership to enable people to deliver a dream.

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The designation does not automatically make you a leader. Leadership is the ability to influence others. Leadership can be enhanced if we know what leadership is not.

Leadership is NOT:

1. More about the leader and less about the team
2. Micromanaging the team
3. Solving problems with more processes
4. Taking things personally
5. Thinking that only you have the best idea
6. Avoiding fun with the team
7. Always trying to motivate your team
8. Finding only the negatives
9. Never failing
10. Being above the team
11. Competing with the group
12. Not walking the talk
13. Earning popularity
14. Doing the right thing only in front of people
15. Being shortsighted
16. About always reacting
17. Always telling people what to do
18. Sugar coating the feedback
19. Being over friendly
20. Never following what you expect from others
21. Not delegating
22. Not acknowledging your own mistakes
23. Not praising good work
24. Not asking for advice
25. Not celebrating the small wins
26. Setting yourself apart
27. Resisting change
28. Providing quick fixes
29. Avoiding conflicts
30. Making a biased decision
31. Not finding your team’s strength
32. Being impatient
33. Lacking humility
34. Not challenging the processes
35. Always setting small goals
36. Avoiding accountability
37. Being happy with artificial harmony
38. Being irreplaceable
39. Not promoting team work
40. Limiting interaction with your team
41. Being a part of every discussion
42. Thinking that only the team has to follow values
43. Blaming others for outcomes
44. Not saying that “I don’t know”
45. Being complacent
46. Overly optimistic
47. Overly pessimistic
48. Always being politically correct
49. Creating followers
50. Over thinking