What not to do is often a better guide than what to do
This podcast episode discusses leadership traps and what not to do as a leader. Often, what not to do is a better guide for action than what to do. There are four leadership traps to avoid: the advice trap, the distrust trap, the one-dimensional trap, and the either-or trap.
Key takeaways
Instead of focusing on what to do as a leader, consider what not to do.
Avoid falling into the advice trap by not giving advice too frequently and disempowering others.
Avoid ignoring the signs of distrust and not taking relationship building seriously enough.
Avoid being fixed in your thinking 'this is how and who I am and how I lead'.
Avoid being pushed to an easy either/or choice where more creative both/and-thinking is called for.
Leadership traps: what not to do