Learn to Lead

CIO Magazine writes about some of the ways good people can become bad bosses. One of the ways mentioned has to do with refusing to learn new things:

"By refusing to learn or get involved they distance themselves from understanding any practical issues and difficulties of a department. Instead of being in a position of saying, “Here is how you do it, or let me show you how,” they will start covering their lack of knowledge through devious means as they become insecure and incompetent. Obviously that means entering into dirty waters like indulging in politics..."

As leaders, we need to be on the lookout for opportunities to learn from every situation and every person who crosses our path--even those who give us a poor example. We also need to read books on leadership, attend conferences and hang out with those who are better than us. This is how we will become better. We owe this to ourselves and to those we lead.