Peter Vander Wall, a 23-year-old manager of seven people, realized his "chill" approach was confusing his team. Being hands-off without clear direction left people unsure what success looked like. Real leadership means explicitly saying what to do, how to do it, and when it's due.
I'm a 23 year old, I manage a team of seven. In my business, I have no idea what I'm doing. I used to be the leader who was just like, oh, I don't care how you get the work done, I don't care when you work, just as long as it gets done and you know it's done well now, no way it's my way or the highway man. Because what I realized is if I'm the chill boss who lets them do whatever they want, then I'm not doing my job. My job as a leader is to set the direction. It's to make sure they know exactly what to do, exactly how to do it, exactly when to get it done. And if I'm not clear on that for them, then I'm not doing my job. And if you have a good team, they probably want to do a good job. And how do they know if they're doing a good job? It's, are they doing the things you tell them to do? And so if you're trying to be that chill boss like I used to do, then you're actually doing your team a disservice by not giving them the direction they need to be able to feel like they did a good job.
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