I spent this past Memorial Day weekend in Boston visiting colleges withmy son, who’s a junior in high school. As he’s getting ready for college
and my older son is graduating from college next year, I’m getting a
huuuuge lesson in letting go.
Letting Go has been a big theme in my coaching this
past month, too. Not letting go of children – though that comes up
occasionally – but letting go of control, specifically of your direct
reports and team members.
When we arrive at a point in our lives where we need to make somepersonal changes, one of the first things we often do is take a look at
our friends. Which ones will support our reinvention, we wonder? Which
ones might hold us back, or even sabotage our efforts?
When I was growing up, most people had no clue who the big deal CEOs were in this country. In some cases, it would have been a fair bet to assume that people didn’t even know who the CEO was of the company they worked for. In those days (and it wasn’t that long ago), it didn’t really matter. No one talked about culture or corporate values then. As for leadership style? Forget about it! Today we know many CEOs like they’re superstars.