Lead Work Play is a blog for leaders – in the best and broadest sense. Here I talk to and about 2 kinds of leaders – positional and situational. Positional leaders are those with titles and formal positions in a company, such as the Vice President of this or the General Manager of that. Where these kinds of leaders sit in an organization means that they often have a big impact on the lives of many people. I love coaching these kinds of folks because (despite the justly-outraged press on a small population of greedy and immoral senior executives) I have found that most leaders are ethical people who want make a difference in the world and be of service to their people.
Situational leaders don’t hold a title. They lead from where they are. Most corporations today have become highly-matrixed organizations, where professionals must impact and influence many constituents, most of whom do not report to them. (By the way, if you are a parent or the head of a household, you are very much in this category. As the leader of your home and your family, you may lack the corner office, but all the joys and cares of leadership fall very much on your shoulders.)
Across all the realms of your life today – work, home, community, church – you probably hold multiple leadership roles at the same time, some positional and others situational. All the more reason that this blog is FOR YOU. So that you can lead successfully with your best self, and still get to lead your best life.
