Team Leadership: Do you play chess or draughts with your team
Stumble It!According to Marcus Buckingham in his book “The one thing you need to know” mediocre leaders think of staff as draughts pieces but good leaders think of them as chess pieces...
Mediocre leaders play draughts with their workers – they assume we all move in the same way and are motivated by the same things.
Good leaders play chess – they learn whats unique about each person and the best way to energise us.
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