Organizational Sherlocks, a Business Psychology podcast
S3, Ep.10 - Leadership Myths That Hold New Managers Back: Why You Shouldn't be the Smartest Person in the Room
March 28, 202636 min · 6,378 words
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S3, Ep.10 - Leadership Myths That Hold New Managers Back: Why You Shouldn't be the Smartest Person in the Room Episode Summary: What makes someone a strong leader: technical expertise, or the ability to help others do their best work?
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a lot of the leaders that I have seen who've been promoted into leadership get there because they're doing their work and they do it really well.
“One of my favorite terms to bring up is actually the asymmetric information bias. It's the idea that your team will always have a better understanding of what's happening on the floor than that leader will”
“if you're the leader that has all the answers and no one else has the answers, your team will not be able to run without you.”
“You go from an expert to an architect at that point in time, you've been building this team to be self-managing.”
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