Leadership Driving Around

As a kid, I learned a lot about work driving around with my boss in his plumber’s truck. He was doing the work, sharing his timesaving, worksaving experience. I learned a perspective for thinking I’ve kept and added to for forty years.

I shared that with a woman who runs a large insurance brokerage. She thought about it and said she makes a point of having new interns follow her around as she is working for the same reason.

Leadership isn’t criticizing first attempts, it’s about demonstrating world class performance.

Sugarland’s Down In Mississippi (Up To No Good) lyric,

Hammer down, here we go
Runnin' for the riverboat
All you're gonna see is asses and elbows

is a portrait of a junior watching an effective leader.

Leadership is by example, not controlling others.

Support for a leader is natural, stomping it out is usual.

Joy’s Law - “No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else.”