Years ago my co-founders and I were selling our company. At the last minute, the company buying ours decided that they were worried about a particular contract and that if we couldn’t get a release from them in writing, they’d be changing the valuation of the deal. The only problem was that we were a …
Anyone can have direct reports. That doesn’t make them a leader. But not everyone has followers. At the heart of the issue is how people think about authority and how the deal with trust. Earned Authority / Trust – Most of what we see in organizations, especially in the US, is an earned authority dynamic. …
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Titles, especially the good ones, suggest that a level of authority and trust will come with them and that people will respect and follow you. But what happens if they don’t or if you don’t have the fancy title? Can you still lead? Leading without authority (working without an official title) is one of the most important skills to master as a young leader.