" Observe those who inspire and impress you, then emulate their positive qualities, but those only. No one is perfect "
Many leaders have been blindly learning from the wrong role models simply because they emulate and copy other leaders without realizing they're doing it. This pattern of unconscious mimicking starts in our childhoods instinctively copy our parents. We take this same habit into adulthood. You can see this happening when people are meeting together and one person crosses their arms or legs and other people do the same thing without a realizing it. It's also likely that your first few close colleagues and bosses he came your unconscious role models because you had no one else to observe and learn from.
Successful leaders stop relying upon this unconscious and automatic mimicking of those they work for or look up to, and deliberately choose their role models. In addition, once they have chosen a role model, they never copy all aspects of that leader's style because no leader is perfect. Instead, they only emulate the positive behaviours and habits while avoiding their role model's weaknesses:
Role Model's Weaknesses:
•A highly visionary leader might also have an anger management problem and a low tolerance for certain people or behaviours.
• A leader who has amazing decision-making skills when it comes to choosing successful business opportunities but may lack the skills to develop and grow a high-performing team.
• A leader who always exceeds expectations by pushing staff to achieve their KPIs may have no idea a about how to listen, inspire and coach people.
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