A short YouTube video clip by Jim Johnson arguing that when employees appear disengaged it may reflect the leader, not the workers. Johnson contrasts large companies with many motivated salespeople and challenges leaders to self-reflect and invest effort in developing leadership skills.
The other side of that coin is a poor leader. I can't get a lot of people. We hear this all the time. People don't want to work. They're lazy. But I just look around and I go, well, wait a minute. You look at these larger companies that have 170 salespeople. Somebody wants to work. So it's one of those things where I would challenge folks, and this is a bit of a tough pill to swallow sometimes. If people don't want to work for you, you might want to take a look in the mirror on your leadership skills. Have you put in the effort to grow as a leader, to learn the skills that you need to learn to be a great leader?
