4 Constructive Ways Leaders Can Handle Criticism

4 Constructive Ways Leaders Can Handle Criticism Criticism is a natural part of leadership. If no one is criticizing your leadership – you are not leading rightly. Leadership is not a popularity contest. Leadership is about always doing what is in the best interests of the organization you are serving. Leaders get paid to make the difficult decisions. But many leaders don’t really know how to lead; they waste time trying to satisfy the agendas of others – rather than focusing on the goals and objectives of the organization and people they serve. This is why leadership is in crisis management mode. Authority is being over leveraged as a personal benefit to advance hidden agendas, rather than as a privilege and a responsibility to wield influence over adverse circumstances and turn them into opportunities. But the latter takes hard work and strategic focus.