Risk and Reward were the main topics of discussion in our latest leadership class with Pete following the firm leadership panel. Defining success both within your organization and for yourself personally are key to determining which actions bring the biggest payoff as you climb (or catapult) the corporate ladder, regardless of whether or not one formally exists within your company.
Two paths to firm leadership were discussed: position & power vs. responsibility & authority.
Those who follow the position & power model do their jobs diligently and masterfully, sticking to the set path for professional growth and expecting increasingly powerful job titles along the way. Someone with this mindset quickly identifies who holds the power within an organization and works to build relationships with those influential individuals in order to learn and progress on an accelerated path.
Those who follow the responsibility & authority model progress professionally in a much more organic way. Always willing to step outside the realm of their prescribed responsibilities, someone with this mindset is eager to embark on any new learning opportunity that arises, regardless of the risk of negative repercussions that may result. More often, their risks earn them authority and respect amongst their peers and supervisors which may or may not be formally recognized on the traditional corporate ladder.
Our individual paths to leadership are heavily influenced by the work environments and fellow leaders we’re surrounded by but also by our personal comfort levels with risk and reward. As emerging leaders, we all possess positive and negative traits from both mindsets which each of us can now acknowledge and adapt to our own individual definitions of success.
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