Leaders have tough jobs. Why? Because in most cases they bear 100 percent of the responsibility for the performance of their team yet receive little glory for their efforts. The best leaders work longer hours, endure more stress, and have greater responsibility than the people they manage.
Each day leaders must deal with emotional, and often irrational, people who demand attention. Leaders are called upon to be coaches, mentors, mothers, fathers, and amateur psychologists in order to keep their troops motivated, focused, and delivering on goals. If this isn’t hard enough, leaders are often put in the position of shielding their people from corporate policy wonks, Peter Principle executives, and bureaucrats who erect roadblocks and cause chaos in the workplace.
Today’s leaders are placed under unyielding pressure to perform. In the twenty-first-century business environment there is little patience for managers who miss their numbers. It is no longer about what you have done; it is about what you have done today.
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