Leadership Needs Balance
My son jumped onto his bike and pedaled his way down the driveway without any guidance or safety net on his first attempt. He had never riden a bike before. He didn’t need training wheels, Mom, or Dad to keep him from falling over. He just started riding.
I was baffled he had the balance to keep the bike upright and the understanding that pedaling would allow him to keep easier control of the balance.
Balance is a trick. When two or more competing elements wage war against each other, it creates an imbalance that only a neutralizing force can keep balanced.
We see the need for balance everywhere in life. We need to balance our time, our resources, our people, our responsibilities, our objectives, and much more. The greater the balance we have, the greater the opportunity we have to pick up speed.
In a coaching session, I told to my client that leadership is balance. As we dove into that topic, I lessoned to my client reaffirm this truth through relationships, projects, and values. He was imbalanced at the present moment and needed to get himself and others in balance to keep the momentum moving forward.
Leadership can be many things, balance is a major one.
How well leaders can keep their team, objectives, and missions balance will determine the team’s performance efficiency. Leaders must put in the time to balance opposing forces, whether they are tangible or intangible. Sometimes, the balance is in regards to people’s emotions about a project. Other times, the balance has to do with the time spent on certain tasks.
Where ever you find yourself in a leadership role, you will see the need for balance and its impact on the team and assignments. Invest in learning how to keep balance in any and every situation. Balance is not about equalizing time or resources, but about distributing the right amount of resources to keep the movement from seizing. Leaders are responsible for their own balance, the team’s balance, and the mission’s balance.
