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- Failure to be specific
- Failure to secure commitment
- Taking the course of least resistance
- Failure to identify results
- Impatience
Detached LeadershipDetached managers isolate themselves from their people. They
seem to believe it’s undignified to get too involved with team
members. They tend to spend a lot of time alone in their offices.
They communicate a “lonely-at-the-top” attitude — one that says
it’s not organizationally healthy to rub shoulders with the
“common” people.
The truth is, nothing is more important than involvement and
communication with the people you work with. Leadership expert
Ken Blanchard summed it up this way: “The most successful
managers spend 80 percent of their time with their people.” Do
you spend 80 percent of your time with members of your team? Or
do you think, “How would I get my work done if I spent that much
time with them?”
Consider this: If it’s true that coaches exist to get results, not
from themselves but from the people who work for them, where
should you be spending most of your time? Remember also that
everything starts at the top. Your attitude affects the people who
work for you. That’s why detached leadership can be such a
problem. If you show no interest in or concern for your people,
why should they give your goals or your standards a place of
importance in their minds and hearts? They are your job.
Lack of GoalsIf you lack goals, sooner or later you’ll have serious coaching
problems. You’ll be like a ship without a rudder — going
wherever the wind and waves take you.
Managing Within the StaffCoaching™ ModelDetached leaders
spend a lot
of time alone in
their offices.