Have you ever worked for a manager that made decisions without getting input from his/her team? What did that feel like? Was it de-motivating?

When we work for leaders that do not value our input, employee engagement drops, morale suffers, and projects fail.

To counteract this, leaders need to develop collaborative accountability.

Our jobs as leaders are becoming more complex and that requires a mindset shift when it comes to leadership. In order to be successful as leaders, we need to build up paradoxical leadership skills.

Paradoxical leadership is a leader’s ability to adopt an AND mindset instead of an EITHER/OR mindset and flex their behavior based on the situation at hand. Situational Leadership is one type of Paradoxical leadership skill. Learn more about other paradoxical leadership skills in this article.