Stepping up as a leader can be scary and time-consuming sometimes because you have to put in your best to get the work done and make sure everything goes smoothly.
I have always told people that I don't like being a leader because it can be tiring and pressurizing. Because of the overload of work that will be put on your head, I don't like telling people what to do and that is why I find it difficult to be a leader.
But no matter how much someone tries to run away from a leadership role in one way or the other you will find yourself in the position, and it might not be long but we all must have found ourselves in the leadership role before.
There was a time I was working in a hotel as a receptionist and I loved the fact that I don't have anything to do with telling people what to do in the hotel.
One day our supervisor misbehaved and the owner of the hotel is not the type that take nonsense from anyone so he sent the supervisor away. At first, I wasn't aware of what was going on so someone came to call me at the reception where I was working.
"Rose your attention is needed at the boss's office," immediately my colleague said that my heart began to race, and I started asking myself so many questions.
"Have I done anything wrong? Why did he want to see me?" I muttered on my way to his office.
"Good afternoon sir," I greeted him immediately I got into his office.
"I noticed that you don't joke with your work and your account is always accurate, so for that reason, I would like to promote you to the supervisor position," he said with a letter stretched to me.
I was short of words for some seconds because I never expected that and I have never seen myself as a leader.
"Thank... Thank you, sir," I stammered but managed to take the letter from him.
I got back to the reception and was reading the letter when another colleague of mind peeped from the back and raised the alarm that I had been promoted, everyone congratulated me.
The next day, I got to work early so that I could address my colleagues, immediately I called all of them together my heart started beating so fast, and looking into their eyes scared me off, so I couldn't say what I had practiced over the night.
"Please I want everyone to work with me in peace for the growth of the hotel," that was all I could come up with after seeing my colleague's faces as if they were going to beat me up, I know some of them might have aimed for the post which was given to me.
The first two months was hell for me because there were things I didn't see as a common staff but becoming a supervisor opened some things other staff were doing that scared me off. For example, the girl selling the drink added money to the drink without the owner knowing what was going on.
And some other people that stole money and stuff that didn't belong to them in the hotel, I said to myself "I can't stay longer here again,". Each day I spent as the supervisor I was restless because of the rate some of my colleagues are greedy towards the hotel money.
Now I understand what it takes to be a leader and how scary it could be.