On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Marcus Buckingham The 2 Questions Every Leader Needs to Ask

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese Marcus Buckingham The 2 Questions Every Leader Needs to Ask It seems a little odd when Marcus Buckingham states emphatically that leadership is going away. Its quite a statement from a man who is billed as a leadership expert when being interviewed by Oprah or being quoted in numerous national publications. If leadership goes away, wont Buckingham be out of a job? Buckingham stands solidly behind his contention. I think well see the word leadership retired quite soon. Its like the word beauty that is used in womens magazines. Its just an ideal, he says. Theres no leadership. There are leaders. So please stop writing books and articles on what it takes to have the qualities of leadership. Theres no such thing. It just makes everyone a bit ridiculous. Buckingham, who co-wrote the best-selling Now, Discover Your Strengths in 2001, says that the leaders and organizations that embrace a strengths-based workplace are the ones that will be successful and will be the key to employee engagement and learning. But while no one will dispute that team leaders are key to all of this, the bizarre irony is that the tools weve built for learning and engagement arent for the team leader at all, he says. Ourperformance management systemsand our employee engagement systems are built for HR and the organization. Fortunately, Buckingham says, employers are starting to realize that team leaders need tools geared to what they do every day and technology will soon be delivering the necessary help. The team leader has been burdened by a whole bunch of stuff that inhibits them from doing the very few things they should be doing, Buckingham says. In fact, Buckingham says a team leaders most important task boils down to only two key questions a week that he or she should ask every team member: 1.What are your priorities for the week? 2. What (read more here) Photo credit: Wobi.com