{"id":90441,"date":"2024-03-15T14:38:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T18:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/?p=90441"},"modified":"2024-03-16T14:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-16T18:40:37","slug":"the-pls-pill-why-is-leadership-so-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/the-pls-pill-why-is-leadership-so-difficult\/","title":{"rendered":"The PLS Pill: Why is Leadership So Difficult?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Authored by Executive Director and previous Society President Dr. <\/em>Brandon Jennings, PharmD, BCACP<\/a><\/p>

Have you found your Leadership Voice yet? Take the free GiANT 5 Voices assessment with Phi Lambda Sigma <\/em>here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>

Why is leadership so difficult?\u00a0 Why can\u2019t we just say \u201ckeep up the good work\u201d and all be fine?\u00a0 Because leadership is nuanced. It requires a dedication to compassion and empathy, while also maintaining high standards of work and inspiration for growth.<\/p>

As a leader, we need to constantly be thinking about how to liberate those we lead.\u00a0 Our definition of liberation is combining the right amount of support with the right amount of challenge for the specific individual on the other side of you.\u00a0 How do we determine this?\u00a0 This is where things get\u00a0 tricky because it is often by trial and error.\u00a0 As humans, we don\u2019t walk around with our ideal \u201cliberation ratio\u201d written on our foreheads for our peers to see.\u00a0 Instead, the leader has to lean on their emotional intelligence (what others need from me?<\/em>) and their self-awareness (what do I need to be successful?<\/em>) in hopes of determining the correct support-challenge ratio.<\/p>

Our definition of liberation is combining the right amount of support with the right amount of challenge for the specific individual on the other side of you.\u00a0How do we determine this?<\/blockquote>
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So, this begs the question- how can this process be more efficient and how can leaders become more adept at identifying\u00a0 how to liberate a teammate.\u00a0 There are a few hints based on your dominant personality types.\u00a0 Using the GiANT framework<\/a>,\u00a0 the feelings-oriented voices are the nurturers and connectors and the logic-oriented voices are guardians and pioneers.\u00a0 The creative voice will often appear feelings-oriented to those around them but remain very logic-oriented as they attempt to solve challenges that they are facing.<\/p>

For those voices that are more feelings-oriented, you will often find yourself in the \u2018protect\u2019 quadrant (see above).\u00a0 Your tendency will be to provide support but shy away from challenge.\u00a0 However, when very little challenge is expected, one feels comfortable and entitled to continue on their current path.\u00a0 They look to their\u00a0 leader to protect and cover for them, and celebrate their wins, rather than eliciting critical feedback from their superiors to aid in their personal growth.\u00a0 In order to liberate those around you, it is imperative that the protector face the challenge in front of them and extend that to those they are leading in order to help that teammate succeed.\u00a0 This often requires preparation, commitment\u00a0 and the ability to withstand what might feel like uncomfortable conversations with a teammate to ultimately help them succeed.<\/p>

On the other hand, for those that are more logic-oriented, you will often land in the \u2018dominate\u2019 quadrant.\u00a0 In this situation, bringing challenge is not the concern, but instead there may be a lack of support for those they are leading.\u00a0 The dominator is often waiting for the teammate to ask questions and request support.\u00a0 The difficulty here is that oftentimes the teammate does not feel safe to ask the dominator questions and instead default to guessing what is needed rather than ask for help or clarification. This can develop into a culture of fear which prevents the team from reaching their full potential.\u00a0 In order for the dominator to liberate those on their team, they must make a conscious effort to provide support and embrace conversations that might seem unfamiliar to them, often centered around feelings-oriented questions.<\/p>

So, why is leadership difficult? Because, it requires the leader to be both self-aware (what quadrant am I in right now?<\/em>) and emotionally intelligent (what does the person on the other side of me need at this point in time \u2013 support or challenge?<\/em>).\u00a0 Considering the\u00a0 Support-Challenge Matrix when leading your team is an invaluable tool, imperative to long-term success.<\/p>

The PLS Pill is a publication offering for the <\/em>Phi Lambda Sigma<\/a> membership to share thought leadership on any topics regarding pharmacy practice or leadership.<\/em><\/p>

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Authored by Executive Director and previous Society President Dr. Brandon Jennings, PharmD, BCACP Have you found your Leadership Voice yet? Take the free GiANT 5 Voices assessment with Phi Lambda Sigma here. Why is leadership so difficult?\u00a0 Why can\u2019t we just say \u201ckeep up the good work\u201d and all be fine?\u00a0 Because leadership is nuanced. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-pls-pill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90441"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90446,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90441\/revisions\/90446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philambdasigma.org\/staging\/8478\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}