I am transitioning out of my current role, one that I enjoyed so much and which gave me such a high - but well this is not about me.
It's about the team - the team that I was leading.
As they move onto being aligned into a new supervisor I was reflecting on what basic principles does one use when leading a team. The analogy which came to my mind was that of a child learning to walk... it actually does fit very well... in fact a child’s growing process.
Like a child, you give them a hand to help them learn to walk, and then you experiment with letting them walk on their own for short distances - supporting whenever you think they may loose balance. They eventually learn to walk and then run... and you let them, yet not let them out of your sight. And then they gain mastery at what they are doing, just like the child goes through teenage and adolescence. They want their independence, bigger playing grounds and find new paths - and they need to be allowed to do so, the way a child ventures out - builds his/her own world. And parents let them do it, coz they know that the child is now capable of dealing with the consequences.
It's very fulfilling to have led a set of good people. It’s a lot of learning and a mutual growing process.
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