#Leadership #Wisdom #Maturity. When leaders derail it is not necessarily because they lack certain knowledge, skill, or experience required by their circumstances. Good leaders who are self aware can drawn upon others in areas of need which are not prominent in their personal tool kit. Additionally, great leaders often succeed precisely when they struggle in their areas of limitations because they bring more attention, passion, and even pain to their new learnings. However, Literature on executive derailment is replete in failures of leadership due to the overplay or over-extension of one's gifts. Sometimes over-reliance on prior successful behaviors and attitudes that have worked in the past, may not be that relevant to new and present challenges. Too much exercise of our innate attributes might not carry us and others over the goal line, precisely when increased challenges and complexity require what we don't possess. Leaders have a choice: rely on others or develop our gaps, either can work and both are optimal. Overusing our innate skills, thinking we can conquer all, may be more problematic. Hence the biblical imperative," when we are weak we become strong".
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