Do You Think Big Or Small?

A final question to ask yourself is whether you think big or think small. 

 

Leaders often work in terms of systems, trying to decide how best to handle large decisions with large implications. Leaders have to think big.

 

Followers, on the other hand, often have a narrow set of responsibilities that deal with more specialized knowledge. Followers have to think small.

 

Once again, there’s nothing wrong with thinking small, it just means that you are probably more valuable working with the details of your current position rather than working with the sweeping organizational choices that leaders often have to deal with.

 

Are You A Leader Or A Follower?

 

“Are you a leader or a follower?” That’s a very misleading question. It implies that leaders and followers are born, cast in different molds.

 

The truth is, whether you are more fit to be a leader, or a follower depends less on who you are as a person and more on the situation. Don’t ask yourself whether you are a lamb or a lion, ask yourself whether you have the experience and skills required to take on the job and do it well.

 

When you start asking the question based on the situation than based on yourself, you realize that the question shouldn’t be asked about what’s best for you but what’s best for the team. If you are what is best for the team, take the big chair. If you are having second thoughts, let someone else take it.