{"id":67248,"date":"2022-06-02T06:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T10:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=67248"},"modified":"2022-06-03T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T12:44:52","slug":"leadership-and-people-management-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/leadership-and-people-management-2\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Myths About Leadership and People Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are some of the most common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/leadership-myths\/\">leadership myths<\/a> modern leaders have been led to believe? How does buying into these myths hurt your leadership? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/leadership-and-people-management\/\">leadership and people management<\/a>, there&#8217;s no manual to follow. According to Buckingham and Goodall, the authors of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/nine-lies-about-work\/\">Nine Lies About Work<\/a><\/em>, many modern leaders still harbor dangerous misconceptions that hurt their employees, and ultimately, their organizations&#8217; bottom line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are five myths that still permeate modern leadership thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-myths-about-leadership-and-people-management\"><strong>Myths About Leadership and People Management<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In their book <em>Nine Lies About Work<\/em>, Buckingham and Goodall discuss the ineffectiveness of conventional approaches to leadership and people management, which seek to eliminate individuality so that companies can more easily control employees. The authors\u2019 main argument is that <strong>individuality should be seen as the main feature of human beings, not as a glitch<\/strong>\u2014recognizing and nurturing what makes people unique makes them perform better and feel more fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. People Should Work on Their Weaknesses<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors say employees are typically evaluated on their core competencies or specific skills required for the job. Those who are proficient at most or all of the competencies are given opportunities for advancement. Meanwhile, those who demonstrate weakness in some areas are held back from promotion, even if they have specific (though limited) strengths. These employees are then required to work on their weaknesses to become more well-rounded and, thus, have a chance to move up the ranks. However, the authors argue that <strong>focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/improving-weakness\/\">improving weaknesses<\/a> in this way erroneously equates excellence with well-roundedness.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. \u201cHigh-Potential\u201d People Will Perform Better in the Long Run<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second misconception, the authors discuss how companies use performance appraisal systems to gauge employees\u2019 competencies. From there, well-rounded team members\u2014those who are proficient at more skills\u2014are classified as \u201chigh potential,\u201d while team members who exhibit weaknesses are classified as \u201clow potential.\u201d The authors explain that companies use this segregation as a shortcut to gauge which employees to invest in. The authors reason that high-potential employees, who make up about 15% of employees, will give the highest returns, so they should be rewarded with more opportunities such as training, promotions, and pay increases compared to their low-potential peers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Employees Perform Better from Corrective Feedback<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>People in leadership and people management traditionally believe that working on weaknesses leads to excellence. This means that they focus on giving team members <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/corrective-feedback\/\">corrective feedback<\/a><\/em> to help them improve their performance. However, in this misconception, the authors contend that <strong>negative, corrective feedback puts people on the defensive by activating their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-the-fight-or-flight-response\/\">fight-or-flight response<\/a>, which inhibits learning<\/strong>. While research suggests that negative feedback is 40 times more effective than giving no feedback at all, the authors say that delivering <em>positive attention<\/em> is much more powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. People Want a Work-Life Balance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another pervasive lie at work is that people should strive to attain work-life balance\u2014to toil enough so that we can have the money to support the people and the activities we love, but not too much that we burn out. Buckingham and Goodall argue that this mindset is flawed because <strong>it implies that work drains our energy and is therefore bad, while life outside of work replenishes our energy and is therefore good<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Strong Leaders Follow a Leadership Formula<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The last lie that the authors address is that strong leaders possess a common set of attributes, including being inspirational, strategic, and decisive. Employees who\u2019ve shown that they have these attributes and have demonstrated well-roundedness and high potential are typically put on the fast track to leadership roles. However, the authors say that <strong>some of the greatest leaders actually lack some of the textbook leadership and people management traits<\/strong>\u2014for example, Apple\u2019s Steve Jobs was driven, innovative, and focused, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2011\/11\/be-a-jerk-the-worst-business-lesson-from-the-steve-jobs-biography\/249136\/\">he was also known to be impatient, petulant, and controlling<\/a>. 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