When leaders try to get their entire team on board an passionate about a vision, it’s easy to find the broken link. By broken, I mean the person who’s broken inside, who’s still territorial, dealing with pride. The person who feels threatened by growth. The person concerned with who gets the credit or how the recent recommendations by others to the status quo will affect their turf, their reputation, their right to remain, in the eyes of others.
Wanna know the secret to finding him or her? C’mon, you know the answer. You already know who it is. OK, I’ll walk it out with you: You just got a great idea to grow your vision and expand your opportunities. You call an emergency meeting because you can’t wait to cast the vision with your team. You’re 10 minutes from your office and you’re imagining the room, and you’re sharing your ideas with the team.
Right there. That twinge. The check in your gut, in your spirit. What will _______think, how will I deal with _____’s reaction.Is it the same person, time after time, who rolls their eyes, takes no action, grumbles, complains, causes dissent, or simply becomes a black hole in the process of project completion where tasks seem to go to die? Just curious: How much longer you willing to drive on a flat tire, and allow him/her to sabotage the greatness inside you and the destiny your team was called to fulfill?
