Be more objective in a world of subjectivity!

It is rather natural for most of us as we build up our experiences over the years, to tend to take our understanding, viewpoints, opinions, perceptions and thinking as the absolute truth at times, and that is when we begin to lose objectivity as we look at things and issues in life in a world that is full of subjectivity.

It is hard for many to remain objective, and even harder for those who are in a certain higher leadership position to do so. The leaders as they attain a certain achievement and hierachical position begins to forget what it takes for them to get there and they would generally over-simplify the process and the journey of getting there, thinking that everyone else is able to do and achieve what they did.

While they mean well in trying to motivate and encourage the team members to do what they have done, but they tend to forget that there is no one-size-fits-all kind of methodology, technique or approach. We might be encouraged by the success of certain leaders and hence we might be able to emulate the positive and desirable attitudes and behaviours of such leaders at best, but it is impossible for us to clone and duplicate the leadership style and personality.