As managers and leaders we often wonder about this question. While the question forces one to focus internally, the irony is that our measure is external.
The measure of how well you are doing is how well your people are doing. That is the ultimate reflection of how we are performing as leaders – how our team is performing. We all provide a function as a leader and manager.
Gregg reminded of a book called “Multipliers” which talks about this. The impact you have on your team is the measure of your success. Can you get your people to give 120%? Can you get them to do more than they could otherwise? This is what we can bring out of our teams. You can think of your role as “5+5” which is of course 10 OR “5x5” which is 25.
When we measure ourselves strictly by our own performance all we look at is “5” – it is limiting and it is not accurate. And by ignoring our people’s performance we are giving it a weight of “0”. And what happens when you multiply something by zero?
So take a moment and see how your people are doing – that is a true measure of how good you are doing as a leader and manager.
A classic story to leave you with which talks about this in a different way:
More than a century ago, a young woman who had dined with both William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli explained why she preferred Disraeli: "When I dined with Mr. Gladstone, I felt as though he was the smartest man in
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