{"id":8878,"date":"2022-11-15T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantumleaders.com\/?p=8878"},"modified":"2022-11-15T10:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:15:08","slug":"the-ultimate-responsibility-of-a-leader-create-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quantumleaders.com\/the-ultimate-responsibility-of-a-leader-create-results\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Responsibility of a Leader \u2013 Create Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you review the literature on leadership, you will find there are two dominate conversations.\u00a0 The first centers on the leader\u2019s role in ensuring the organization produces the outcomes that lead to success.\u00a0 Often centered on the theme of profit maximization.<\/p>\n
The second counters this focus by asserting the leader\u2019s role is to develop the culture whereby people can flourish and grow.<\/p>\n
This bifurcation is often referred to as the hard side versus the soft side of business.\u00a0 Viewing these aspects of success as opposing forces puts leaders\u00a0in the untenable position of having to choose between the two.<\/p>\n
Being\u00a0forced to choose, the leader will always choose the path they know will create the outcomes that ensures the organization\u2019s success – the hard side.\u00a0 Put another way, if forced to choose they will, and I will argue must, choose profit over people.<\/p>\n
How did we get into this either\/or position?<\/p>\n
It starts with the premise that the best way to achieve desired results is for the leader to define how work will get done and the roles needed to do the work. Then find the right people and put them in the right roles. \u00a0In essence design the machine, plug in the right components, turn on the machine and out comes the results.<\/p>\n