1. Think of a time when, as a direct result of something a leader said or did, you felt personally powerful and capable. Write down the actions the leader took that contributed to your feeling powerful, strong, capable, and effective - the master of your own experience. Be as specific as you can.
2. Now think of a time when you felt powerless, weak, and insignificant as a result of something a leader said or did. What specifically did he or she do?
I remember one time when I was working in TW, we got a big project with a large enterprise. Since our company was small and still growing, lots of the time, one needs to do many different jobs. at the time, I was assigned to go over client's locations to set up our system. I was really nervous and scared inside. My boss seemed notice I was freaking out of the sudden assignment, he said to me "I believe you can do the job successfully, don't let me down" and hit lightly on my shoulder. At the moment, i deeply feel that I am Powerfully, strong, capable, and effective. I got full trust from the Boss. This encourage a lot..!!!
There is one time, I was talking to a customer regarding an issue. We were discussing for a while, can't come up a solution. Suddenly, my manager interrupt our conversation and said to me"Jimmy, I will take care from here, you are free to leave". This made me felt bad, I felt I am so powerless, weak, and insignificant. I hope ,my manager can give me a little more time, I know I can do the job.
I totally understand your situation and your frustration. But, sometimes we have to put ourselves in our superior's shoe. Try to think what he wanted to achieve in stepping in and help to ease the situation and why he do so. It's for the interest of the organization or company.
ReplyDeleteWe all learn from this type of situation. Great experience and exposure.