From Wild Fires to Bonfires #management

One of my clients used this phrase and I thought it was a great way to describe what great managers do better than struggling managers.

• Great managers: they spend more time building relationships and teams (bonfires) and less time reactively fighting daily fires (wild fires) because they have built strength and independence and ownership.
• Managers who struggle are often consumed by their daily to-do list (wild fires) and spend less time around the corporate bonfire.

Management is a social act with the primary responsibility of helping people and teams do their best work. Spending time fighting wild fires will not get us there. I realize that for some of you, this idea might seem unrealistic, but start small. Try every week to shift some time from wild fire to bonfire.

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[DragonLeaders]

Well said. Particularly at challenging times, bosses and managers need to seek collaboration not desperation.