“There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.” Simon Sinek
Leadership is often about solving problems. Indeed, leadership positions exist to solve problems in a company. The CEO solves the problem of strategic direction, culture, and employee wellbeing to name a few. If the CEO is missing those things are left to chance. A manager solves the problem of placing strategic guidance into action leading people and managing systems. “Put some leadership on that,” I heard often in the U.S. Army when there was a problem to be addressed or if a mission involved risk of failure. A leader would then have the rose pinned on him or her to be the problem solver or the insurance against failure. When an organization experienced failure or had problems such as a toxicity, a new leader(s) might be the appropriate solution. In scenarios such as this, the leader ought to lead for something, not against it…
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