TweetLESSON 2
"The day soldiers stop bringing you thier problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is failure of leadership."
If this were a litmus test, the majority of CEOs would fail. One , they build so many barriers to upward communication that the very idea of someone lower in the hierarchy looking up to the leader for help is ludicrous. Two, the corporate culture they foster often defines asking for help as weakness or failure, so people cover up thier gaps, and theorganization suffers accordingly. Real leaders make themselves acessible and available. They show concern for the efforts and challenges faced by underlings, even as they demand high standards. Accordingly, they are more likely to create an enviroment where problem anlysis replaces blame.