How do you know if you are a good leader? Step one, lead without ego. I just saw “ego is not your amigo” somewhere. First I laughed, and then I thought how true, and how unfortunate more of us don’t realize that.
Ego can not only get in the way of your success, it can block your talent overall. If you are more interested in if you are going to get or are getting the credit, than actually getting things done, you have an ego issue. The problem with ego, is it spins into all kinds of unattractive behaviors which in turn will lift the veil on your “leadership” or more likely the lack there of.
Once people get a whiff of your ego, they’ll write you off as inauthentic. Once people sense it is about “you” rather than “we” they’ll drop their level of engagement. We operate in a very ego driven culture; subsequently, it shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that approximately 51 percent of employees are unengaged, and 17 percent are actively disengaged. That is significant, and obviously a huge drag on productivity.
Einstein said it best, and I’ll leave it at that…
