ERAU OBLD 633 Adaptive Leadership in Complex Environments Week 1 (CRIGOE)
I have been working in leadership roles for nearly three decades now, and my view of leadership has evolved from that of an impetuous teenager who saw his leaders as out-of-touch old men and women who couldn’t do what I did, to being an older man who can no longer do what my people do. Besides the literal shift in position, my perspective has also changed. I have realized that leaders cannot be as technically skilled as their workers in all things. That's okay, that's good, and that's normal. Leadership and management require different skills, often more abstract skills, such as strategic planning, problem-solving, communication, emotional intelligence, and influence, among others (Northouse, 2022). The distinction in skills and the misunderstanding of what leaders do can create dissonance in teams and lead to a shift in the perspective of leadership among followers. For example, my parents always taught my brothers and me to respect people in positions of authority. Teache...