-Danish Proverb
In a meeting last night, some of Nashville's business LEADERS were asked what their biggest regrets were. All being successful, they didn't define REGRET, rather used each "wrong step" as a learning lesson.
Interesting to me was a question posed asking, "What is the one action you would encourage young professionals to do more frequently to become successful?" The answer, "Make more mistakes and ask more questions."
Often, we find ourselves in spots where we are HESITANT to ask questions of others out of FEAR they may find us incompetent. We are AFRAID that if we ask, they won't TRUST we can get things done on our own. Ultimately, we PERCEIVE the "asking of questions" as a FAILURE on our behalf. Yet, how will anyone ever know that we ARE capable if we don't take on CHALLENGING projects that REQUIRE assistance and learning from those that have the knowledge, but not the time nor desire to execute the task??
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
I find that when I have the OPPORTUNITY to delegate a SIGNIFICANT task, I try to do so with VIGOR. Why? It is not that I am lazy or incapable; rather it is the desires to help someone else GROW in their education, experience and confidence.
With that being said, I DO expect that those people will find STRUGGLES in the execution. I plan on taking time to ANSWER questions. And frankly, if they don't ask questions – then they are either not CHALLENGED enough in the task (which is a waste of their time) or they are unwilling to seek assistance (in which case their PRIDE will create conflict for our growth planning.)
As a leader, I ENCOURAGE people to stand up and ask questions. My EXPERIENCE is the people that are willing to make a little noise to get NOTICED are often the people that will be leading in the near future anyhow. Why not be a KEY to their success??
Cheers,
Zach
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