Here are two major mindset shifts necessary to be an effective team leader:
Obviously your role depends on the stage of the company you are working for.
Your job will look very different working deep in startup mode find the best go-to-market strategy, vs. working at a business in growth stage, where you are figuring out how to scale.
But through her own practice, Tara Robertson, CMO at Teamwork.com has identified two lessons that will make you a more effective leader regardless of the stage your company is at.
Let me summarize them for you:
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But sometimes the best answer simply is: "I actually don't know that right now, but I'll find out"
And then you and your team go out and find that answer. Together.
→ Wherever you are in your career, you never have all the answers and you are not expected to.
→ Your job is to empower and serve the people that work with you.
→ Your job is to enable them to find the right answers and support them to grow and blossom in their careers.
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Instead of knowing and doing all the things yourself, your job as a leader is to hire people smarter than you and empower them to achieve their goals and move the company forward.