Leadership is not to win a popularity contest, it comes to getting great results. To do this, leaders must challenge people not to do what they want to do, but what you do not want to do.
This means people get out of being comfortable achieving average results to being uncomfortable doing what it takes to get great results. Of course, people of such a dispute, often angry with you.
Provoking the anger of the people comes with the territory of being a demanding leader. In fact, if you have not found some of the people you lead angry with you, can not be challenging them enough.
This does not mean you let their anger fester. It is imperative to deal with it. After all, you can not motivate angry, resentful people to be your cause leaders.
But there is another angry person you are dealing. If you do not deal with that person will not be able to get the results you're capable of. That person is you.
As people get angry in a situation demanding leadership, so to do. It 's only natural. You can get angry at them not to understand the challenge, or they do not take the desired action, or did not listen, or they will not be totally committed to doing what we think is important, or they disobey you, or their attempt to undermine your boss, or any number of things.
Just as we must recognize that in the give and take leadership meetings, we occasionally get angry, you should also recognize that anger is your opportunity. An opportunity for you to achieve great results.
To understand this, I want you to remember David Coffin and Aristotle.
When writing my book, Executive Speeches: 51 CEOs tell you how to do yours, I interviewed CEO David Coffin, who said: "I am patient, reasonable, even tempered. But once my patience runs out, i best talks .. ... Something must be done. You want to get it! "
Leaders Council that great results happen in the realm of free choice for people who lead and to give people choices, the leaders must be "patient, reasonable, even tempered. They should also be great listeners and adapt well to ask questions
... Most of the time.
Occasionally, however, leaders have to leave their exhausted patience. They must get angry and show people who are angry ... because something must be done and they want to do!
However, just get angry and tell you that anger is not enough to seize the opportunity that anger can provide. This is where Aristotle comes into play
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, has written: "Anyone can be angry. This is easy. But to be angry with the right person at the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, in the right way - which is not easy .
If you are angry, think of David Coffin and Aristotle. Being angry with the right person at the right degree, at the right time for the right purpose, in the right way - and you'll find you're getting increases in results.
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