This line deeply resonated “It stemmed from the belief that if someone made a mistake on my watch I wasn’t capable enough to deal with the fallout.”
And your comments on trust and environmental safety. Brilliant. I read on happiness in Denmark, one of the top factors were found to be the high levels of trust between citizens.
Some of the greatest lessons I’ve learned in my career have come to me via micro-managers. It took me a long time to trust myself as a leader because I was somewhat damaged by the awful examples I’d had modelled for me.
As a leader today, I love being able to empower my team to go away and get the job done. And I love the freedom it gives me to get my job done.
I hear you on having poor examples modelled to you. That was my experience in my first job as a graduate, I was not only thrust into a management role straight off, I was taught by the business to micromanage. Micromanaging was seen as a great practice. It took me many years to unlearn that!
Anna. What an incredible essay.
This line deeply resonated “It stemmed from the belief that if someone made a mistake on my watch I wasn’t capable enough to deal with the fallout.”
And your comments on trust and environmental safety. Brilliant. I read on happiness in Denmark, one of the top factors were found to be the high levels of trust between citizens.
Thank you 🩷. That point about Denmark doesn’t surprise me, I’d love to live in Scandinavia! They’ve figured it out up there.
Some of the greatest lessons I’ve learned in my career have come to me via micro-managers. It took me a long time to trust myself as a leader because I was somewhat damaged by the awful examples I’d had modelled for me.
As a leader today, I love being able to empower my team to go away and get the job done. And I love the freedom it gives me to get my job done.
I hear you on having poor examples modelled to you. That was my experience in my first job as a graduate, I was not only thrust into a management role straight off, I was taught by the business to micromanage. Micromanaging was seen as a great practice. It took me many years to unlearn that!
So good, Anna. Believe people are better than they are and they will become better than you expect.
Oof. What a line. Wish I used that in my essay!!
All of this.... so well said Anna.
Trust, trust, trust is a powerful tool that propels the best startups (and large companies).
Totally agree, it can be hard to lead with trust as a default if you’ve been burned but there really is no other way!