When it comes to leadership, there are plenty of bad choices you can make. Many actions you might take are pretty bad and can demoralize or disrupt an efficient team.
Being aware of those actions and choosing not to do them is important! But it’s half the battle – it’s passive leadership. For many people, it’s the easier part; after all, it just involves not doing something.
Then there are actions you need to take in order to be a good leader. Active Leadership is much harder, of course. It involves uncomfortable conversations with your coworkers, proactively building feedback into your own schedule, or making choices that affect an entire team that will get some pushback from individual members. Because these involve positive actions, they’re always going to be uncomfortable.
But all growth comes from discomfort – and as a leader, growing is an action you’ll always have to take.
The Opportunity Machine 