The topic of leadership truly generates a wide array of viewpoints, suggestions, historical examples, and assessments with regard to quality and style.  Additionally, I believe it is difficult for anyone in a leadership role to accurately and completely explain their own methodology and arrangement to lead effectively.  However, as a “case study” for this TRIPLE III TIME message, I would like to have you use a special TOP 10 list of questions to determine if you practice LEADING By Assumption.

1. Do you regularly choose to NOT over assign… because you believe your workers can’t handle it?
2. Do you move on a leadership issue only after you observe someone else taking action?
3. Do you strategically limit input on a problem because of what you might hear?
4. Do you NOT take on a new project because you believe it will never work?
5. Do you limit the number of new initiatives, new services or new products you purse because you can only count on certain people?
6. Do you become overwhelmed because it is your leadership practice to “just do it myself”?
7. Do you consider it a successful workday if no challenging issues arose?
8. Do you measure staff professional development by the number of years they have been on the job?
9. Do you consider waiting until you get more, better information as a regular leadership strategy?
10. Do you promote change or be content in knowing that “we have always done it this way”?

Unfortunately, I must report that LEADING By Assumption causes you to only look at where you have been… not where you want… need to grow!! Also, I must report that there are a large number of individuals that are LEADING By Assumption.  How about YOU? Honestly, how well did you do on the TOP 10?