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Lala Duran | Women with Vision's avatar

This is so helpful! Thanks for this!

Heather Elkington's avatar

Ahhh I’m so glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for saying that ☺️

Dana DeVito's avatar

what a great list to go through. You're spot on on all seven points. It reminds me of what Maxwell said in his five levels of leadership: in that third level of production, you're taking that relationship and you're growing and stretching and risking that relationship because you're right. You're not there to be liked by everybody or be everybody's friends. You're leading, which is the action of taking somebody and doing something more or going somewhere with them. It's challenging, but it's good, and it's not for everybody.

Heather Elkington's avatar

Thank you Dana! I love this way of putting it. That shift from protecting the relationship to being willing to stretch it is such a big part of becoming a great manager. You can care deeply about people and still challenge them, hold the standard and lead them somewhere they might not have gone on their own. Really appreciate you sharing this 😊