Unblocking from Behind as Preferred Leadership Approach

Leading From The Front vs. Unblocking From Behind

If you had to chose one leadership approach, which one would it be?

• Leading from the front: Setting the pace, showing how it's done. Useful for establishing new standards or in a crisis. The risk? Your team becomes dependant on you.

• Unblocking from behind: Removing obstacles, empowering your team. Its about giving them autonomy and trust to solve problems on their own.

Leading from the front is a temporary tool. Unblocking from behind is a long-term strategy.

Your job is to make your team succeed, not to be the hero. Unblocking is how you build a team that eventually doesn't need you.

This article was originally published on https://craftengineer.com/. It was written by a human and polished using grammar tools for clarity.
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