Are you a direct sales leader feeling exhausted, trying to be all things to all people on your team? Have you run out of ideas for how to motivate your team to action? A lot of old-school leadership advice simply doesn’t hold up in today’s world. If you're ready for a leadership revolution, add your email below to receive future updates!
Why call it a 'revolution'?
Hello again Reader! I loved reading your feedback on the Old-School vs Revolutionary leadership chart, thanks so much! I'm definitely putting that chart right at the beginning based on your input. And to give some background on why we need a leadership revolution, here's a few new paragraphs I added this afternoon: Let’s not beat around the bush - what is so ‘revolutionary’ about this approach to leadership? A revolution implies that there’s something about the status quo that is no longer tolerable, and that’s exactly where we are regarding so much of what passes for leadership today. There is so much bad leadership happening in every industry, and in every corner of the world. It’s not because leaders don’t care, it’s because they’ve either been giving no training at all in how to lead, or even more commonly, they’ve been given bad training.
Over half of people who leave a job indicate that their boss was the primary reason for their decision. In one survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 84% of employees said that poor management caused them significant stress and unnecessary work. Bad leadership is worse than no leadership at all. Why have we been getting it so wrong?
I’ll be blunt. If a leadership style includes any level of shame, control, or fear, that leader is not getting anywhere near the best out of their people.
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It's time for a Leadership Revolution!
Are you a direct sales leader feeling exhausted, trying to be all things to all people on your team? Have you run out of ideas for how to motivate your team to action? A lot of old-school leadership advice simply doesn’t hold up in today’s world. If you're ready for a leadership revolution, add your email below to receive future updates!
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