Work Freely by Nancy Richardson

Author:Nancy Richardson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781999187910
Publisher: Nancy Richardson
Published: 2019-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

Get Coached to Work Freely

What do you experience when you consider working to make your role obsolete? Excitement? Determination? Skepticism? Doubt? If you are less than keen about it, you are not alone. Most leaders do not strive to work themselves out of a job. After all, it could mean giving up something that you love, that fulfills you, that challenges you. And if you give away your responsibilities to your team, then what will you do?

But leaders who strive to make themselves obsolete don’t see it as losing something; they see it as gaining something: space. Space to mentor, coach, and delegate. By developing your people to take on your responsibilities, you create space for new opportunities, bigger problems to tackle, higher-stakes games to play, or deeper, more meaningful connection to what is most important to you. It gives you space to live into your legacy in bigger and more impactful ways.

This mind-set takes confidence and sometimes courage. It takes being deeply connected to your legacy and seeing movement as a necessary step in fulfilling it.

It relies on you hiring people who are smarter, brighter, and different than you, and allowing them to shine. It sometimes depends on you giving up the driver’s seat and letting go of having to do things your way. It means getting out of the way of your people.

This is much easier if you are clear on what you are gaining. What is your motivation? For Nancy, it was the deep satisfaction of developing an exceptional team of leaders for the world—an expression of her purpose. For some, it is about gaining the time to take on their next big goals. For others, it is the space to start thinking about what those next big goals might be.

What will you gain from making your role obsolete?

To get clearer on your answer, create a “Work toward Obsolescence” quadrant and fill it out, either in a journal or in a printable version you can download from www.workfreely.co.

“Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune, or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.”

Simon Sinek

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