This blog assumes that blind spots of power come with the CEO role no matter how good or true or well-intended you are. You can't afford to have them. So I give reminders of what I have seen in my experience to help you see. Or try to see. Monday morning practical tips will help you sharpen up and see what tweaks you and your blind spot. A little whack on the side of the head with your Monday morning coffee.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
BURST OF COMPASSION FOR THE CEO
Really. I mean it.
I don't want the tone of what I write to be overly provocative or smart alecky.
Really.
I just want to help good leaders be good.
I mean good people who are also good at what they do.
And power can be so darned distorting.
And hard to keep these days too.
So here's a blind spot that gets ignored.
CEO's and top leaders are over criticized and under appreciated.
And of course, they can take the heat of the kitchen.
But when they are the highest paid person in most cases and with the most power over the lives of people in the company, it's hard not to resent them or think their life is waaaaaaay better.
Well it is and it isn't.
Top power is also:
Isolating
Running after results day after day after day after day
Demanding of engagement without respite
Leading without always knowing where to go
Always making someone unhappy
Being discussed and disliked by many
Making nice when you want to be grumpy
Hurting people and killing ideas
Being misinterpreted
Thinking about how long you'll last or should last
Wondering about you can trust
Always holding your hand to the flame
So, thanks for wanting the job
For showing up.
For being willing to hold so much
For leading
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