Per a Gartner Report, here are the top 3 leadership challenges:
Goal Conflict
45% of managers are spending more time managing projects than managing people
Stress and Fatigue
54% of managers are suffering from work-induced stress and fatigue
Lack of Confidence
Only 1 in 2 employees is confident in their manager’s ability to lead their team to be successful in the next two years
Employees place an importance on having the support of their leader, yet the leader has to struggle with balancing the “tactical/busy” work they must do with the time required to support their team members and for building and sustaining relationships.
The four key components identified for leadership effectiveness are:
- Project and work management
- Performance management and goal alignment
- Coaching and development
- Collaboration and building a positive team environment.
When items 2, 3 and 4 are neglected (or the desired time to work on them is lacking), the ability to lead effectively suffers as does morale, goal attainment, and career growth.
Workloads for leaders are impacting their ability to be effective, and 20% of leaders report that they would prefer not being people managers if given a choice. How sad!
It’s not easy, but as leaders we must make every effort to address the challenges that are impacting our ability to be effective. Why?
Employees who feel they report to effective leaders are:
- 15 times more likely to be high performers
- 13 times more engaged
- 3 times more likely to not change jobs
- And, their physical and mental well-being is more than 12% higher than those that feel their leaders are ineffective.
What can change?
- Clarify (or totally reset) leadership role expectations
- Align priorities
- Remove processes and procedures that are a burden for leaders (versus a value add)
- Make people management and development a priority
- Set realistic expectations of what leadership entails and build a pipeline of future leaders
What changes would make you a more effective leader and reduce your challenges?
Sincerely,
Mike and Jan
Real leaders are ordinary people with extraordinary determinations.
— John Seaman Garns
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