The Risks of Being a Leader

20 Jun 2022 · 0 min

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A short leadership talk (YouTube video by Clegg) arguing that leaders must accept and care for their teams regardless of whether they selected them. The speaker uses an analogy comparing inherited teams to children, urging leaders to 'love' their team members, protect them, trust them, and take risks on their behalf. The segment emphasizes that leaders must rush toward danger to shield and enable their teams.

I hear this all the time. It's like, well, you know, I didn't get to choose this team. I inherited this team, so it's not my fault if they do badly. Well, you didn't get to choose your kids. You inherited those. They just showed up. Those are your kids, but you love them anyway. And a team is the same way. It doesn't matter if you picked your own team. You show up and love your team and work tirelessly to see that each of those members of the team can work to their natural best. And it's one of the hard things about being a leader. We have to take the risk, to rush towards the danger, to protect our teams and to trust them when others won't.