So, I left Shannon to ponder why. Why was she drawn to be a manager? Late in the day, I got this email. I asked her if I could share it.
Thought about what you said. I guess being promoted to manager was just the next thing. This is different than I thought it would be.
You asked me why? I think I just wanted to be more important. I think I wanted more responsibility. And now I have it.
But you were right. It wasn’t really for the money. It wasn’t so I could order people around. I just want to make a difference. A difference for the company, a difference for the people on my team and to make a difference for me.
I think Shannon is on the right track. It seems that she has a cause. But having a cause is not enough. To be a truly effective leader, Shannon has to be had by the cause. And right now, I don’t think she understands the cause enough to be had by it.
What do you think? -TF
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I’m not qied sure of that cause, willing to be important and wanting to make a difference sounds to me: ‘this person wants to go into politics!’ Making a difference can be done at whatever you do, whatever your job is at the moment. People will than automaticly what you do and what you’ve done will be important to them. Once you’ve managed to do that for yourselve, maybe you can be ready to be a leader: setting the exemple. Like Tom says:Shannon has to be had by the cause.
Kurt,
This is a dilemma for most managers. They landed the promotion often quite by accident, yet here they are in the midst of a trial by fire. So, how do we discover that cause that we are had by?
Tom,
I left a reply here yesterday but I don’t see it.
Aren’t all replies posted? Are just the best replies chosen to post?
Larry,
All comments are immediately posted to the site. I simultaneously receive an immediate notification link. Your comment did not post nor did it trigger a notification, so something must have occurred in the submit process. I am sorry we didn’t get it. All you guys at Hypower contribute real experience to this site.
Tom,
Thank you. I noticed the reply did show up immediately. The problem must have been on my end.
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