Three mistakes a leader should avoid

“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick a good man to do the job, and self restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” 

- Theodore Roosevelt

 
 

Story Line: Wisdom of the ages - an ancient Chinese saying:

                                   
Three mistakes a leader or a manager should avoid:

1. Having good people and not know them

2. Knowing good people and not use them

3. Using good people and not trust them
 
 
 
Reflection:

This wisdom applies not only at work but in personal life as well.

The role of a leader or a parent is to instill good values in their employees and children, provide a healthy environment, and then trust that they will execute their tasks well.

Comments

[Anand]

Many people have asked me what situation motivated me to write this Friday Reflection?
Well, nothing serious and neither work related. (:-
Answer is simple: My home computer was down for 36 hours due to McCafee anit virus situation that shut down some computes.

So I called FR people and asked them to pull one good one out of the book (archeives)..Yes, that simple, nothing else.

[NJ]

These are very good principles. The challenge is to find the good people and make sure they continue to be good.