Lessons from Previous Leaderships
Making of mistakes is common in organizational leadership since I have never seen a perfect leader through the mistakes should be minimized to avoid high production costs and loss to the organization. From my experience from the workforce, I have learned some aspects from the human resource department based on hurried recruitment in order to fill a position which is critical in the organization since it cannot operate without that vacancy being filled. This results in inconveniences in the workplace due to the hiring of ineffective, incompetent and unproductive personnel. The organization will be subjected to offer additional training slowing the operations of the business. Additionally, precious resources and time are lost in the process of finding a replacement.
Being too friendly with the employees in the workplace is a mistake that I have learned from other leaders and will never tolerate in my leadership process. This triggers lack of respect from employees who sometimes disobey some tough commands and decisions imposed on them by taking advantage of your friendship. I have witnessed mediocrity emerge in the workplace when leaders fear to upset their subordinates because they feel very comfortable in their friendship. Some of the employees may go to the extent of neglecting their duties leading to overworking of leaders.
However, I have also learned about some aspects which I can employ in my workforce to boost the achievements and success of a business organization. Focusing on the results of any initiative rather than the process, being responsible of mistakes done by employees due to wrong directives, and empowering my subordinates with honesty and transparency are some of the lessons which I can copy to aid in my leadership. Young leaders should always evaluate and assess how the leaders in the forefront conduct their operations and learn from their mistakes instead of making them learn from them.