Some people have a natural talent for leadership, but can it also be learned? Where do you learn it if you don't want to go to school and think that self-help books are a scam? There is something in me that resists being told what to do, and it causes me to have arguments with my so-called superiors.
@C1T7 The guy I'm working under has problems delegating. Doesn't trust other people to do things right. Drags people into meetings to "discuss" (show them) how a thing should be executed. Mostly picks people who won't argue with him. Brought his younger brother and me along for the venture, and we do attempt to put him in his place, but it's usually impossible to do without hurting his ego and having him walk off in a huff and slam the door.
@thor that's the worst. nobody is happy.
I ran an underfunded comic/game/pc gaming center which depended upon the time support of unpaid volunteers to stay open.
The most important thing I learned was it was a lot easier to get things done if I convinced them it was their idea in the first place.
Took longer to setup, but it is fun having someone suggest the idea you've been dropping hints about for a week or so as if it was their idea.
You get no credit. But stuff gets done.
@C1T7 That's a classic. Doesn't work so well when the boss has already hatched a plan, and now you're in a meeting where he's going to explain it on the whiteboard, and he has no clue what he's talking about.
@C1T7 Where I work, I think it's often a case of "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
@thor sorry to hear that.
guess it time to polish the CV and looking for a better environment
or take up meditation
or whatever keeps the blood pressure down https://mastodon.technology/media/IduTDUj5RRtlCXpIlso
@C1T7 There are other factors at play. I'm going to give it time.
@thor
It can certainly be learned. I don't consider myself good at it, though for all I know I'm too self-effacing. I also don't prefer taking leadership, as anything that happens to/because of someone under you is your responsibility, being the leader.
@thor
:can it also be learned?
principles of leadership can be taught. Whether they are applied is another story.
:Where to learn?
volunteer somewhere and observe who people listen to. leadership and people skills are a necessity if you are going to build a team that returns time and again to work together without monetary gain.
:arguments with superiors.
you probably sense the insecurity the "leader" has. A secure leader works to become unnecessary to daily operations.