Another aspect of knowing the way is being competent in the area in which the leader is leading. The leader needs to have enough knowledge of the field which the task of the team is related to. For example, a general of an army cannot lead his army into battle without knowing the basics of warfare. However, it is not to say that a leader needs to know every aspect of the field thoroughly. A team leader should know the basics of his field and the capabilities of his team mates in the field in order to complete the task. As Lee Kuan Yew, former prime minister of Singapore once compared his job to being the conductor of an orchestra, “while (the prime minister) himself need not be a great player, he has to know enough of the principal instruments…..or he would not know what he can expect from each of them.”
A leader also needs to go the way. He or she should be together with team all along the path which he or she had planned to take to reach their end objective. This allows the leader to closely monitor the progress of the team, solve problems that usually arise in achieving the objective of the team. In addition, by being on the ground with the team, the team leader is also aware of the condition of the members of team and is able to empathise with them. With leaders going the way, team members would also be encouraged to work harder to reach their goal as they see their leader working hard alongside them.
More on showing the way in the next post.....
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