April 2, 2009
Lead up--Be a leader for your leader
This is one of the principle of John Maxwell's book "360 Degree Leader" in which his basic premise is to lead up (to your superiors), lead across (to your coworkers) and lead down (to your subordinates). The concept of being a leader for your leader I thought was cool, because in most cases of describing leadership, we tend to focus on the "leading down" part of his 360 degree approach. By being a leader for your leader, you are not treating him or her the same way you would treat a subordinate, but you are advocating on their behalf in order to affirm their own place of authority, to energize them and to energize your coworkers to be equally energized. Even if you are not the biggest supporter of your leader, it speaks highly of your own leadership abilities to support him or her anyway. If your leader ever gets promoted, they will bring you up with them and if they ever get fired, no one will have anything but positive things to say about you so you have a good chance of taking their place.
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