What is one of the worst things about leaders and managers? In my experience, one of the worst aspects of leadership is the disconnect that happens between leaders and followers: a disconnect that forges reputations and nullifies successes.
Disconnects have a lot to do with relevancy. Obviously, leaders want to connect with their followers and meet their expectations and goals. They do not purposefully try to distance themselves from their followers or communicate ineffectively with their subordinates. And yet a disconnect still remains. Why? Because leaders are losing touch with what is relevant to their followers.
What is relevant to your followers? Do you even know? There might be several disconnects going on between you and your followers right now – and you don’t even know it. That’s what makes it a disconnect. Leaders have so little relevance with their employees that they do not even know when they are disconnecting with them.
Disconnect and relevance are two of the larger subjects that deal with leadership in progress. We will constantly come back to this because of its importance to followers and subsequent importance to leadership. Start by thinking about this: Are there any disconnects between you and your followers? If there were, would you even know about it?
Just something to think about.
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