Knowing how to use something is different from knowing how to build it.
We understand this when it comes to devices. For example, there are many people who know how to use a phone to do whatever it is built for, yet they have no clue how to build a phone.
It gets quite blurry when it comes to leadership. People that know how to use people to get results are usually promoted to roles where they are supposed to build people through results.
Building requires a different skillset from using.
When using people, results come first, there is no room for mistakes and the stick is a lot more visible than the carrot. It is a push game.
When building people, relationships come first, there is room for mistakes and the carrot is more visible than the stick. It is a pull game.
To find meaning in any undertaking, we need results and relationships. There are roles that require the push game and roles that require the pull game. Know the game you are in, learn and play accordingly.
– Osasu Oviawe