It\u2019s pretty amazing when you watch a symphony or orchestra work.\u00a0 You see the conductor doing her thing front and center.\u00a0 You see violins sitting together in perfect coordination, and all the other instruments doing the same.\u00a0 What is actually happening is sometimes a surprise.\u00a0 Most members of the symphony are only taking casual direction from the conductor.\u00a0 In truth, they are all watching their section leads.\u00a0 Each section lead provides what could simply be called exaggerated gesturing to communicate the style and tempo of play.
\nWhat is also interesting is that most of the section leads are also giving only casual direction from the conductor \u2013 although admittedly more so than the non-lead members of the symphony.\u00a0 Most leads are watching both the conductor and the first violin.\u00a0 They take most of their playing cues from the first violin as well as other minor adjustments from the conductor.
\nThe conductor must have complete faith in the direct subordinates to take her vision, interpret it correctly, ad then re-communicate that vision and direction to the rest of the symphony.\u00a0 Simply put, the conductor cannot manage each of the many players individually, if she tries to do so, she will only fail.\u00a0 To be successful, the conductor has to trust that the lead violin and other section leads can execute their jobs.\u00a0 She should really only have to provide direction to that immediate tier.
\nAll too often, we see managers who try to micro-manage at every level of their organizations, just to drive them away.\u00a0 Direct subordinates who should be managing, are not allowed to do so and are thus made irrelevant.\u00a0 Employees don\u2019t necessarily appreciate this type of attention from top leadership either.\u00a0 In the end, control freaks are not effective.\u00a0 The section leads know what to do, they just need to understand vision and strategy \u2013 not a heavy hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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