I’ve never seen myself as a leader but I’ve always always landed in leadership positions like factory foreman. I guess the fact that I constantly check and recheck my work has made me successful at things like that.
On the other hand, as a foreman I was always leery of the new guys who claimed to already know how to do the job.
Maybe they’re right if they’re experienced at doing almost identical tasks at some other organization or have better training than even you. Oftentimes you have to set them straight, which can be difficult, certainly. New guys tend to make all other surrounding employees somewhat leery, and most new hires are a comparatively risky, initially dubious asset. But most of the time I’d argue that it’s mutually beneficial if both parties say what needs to be said out in the open without letting their emotions get the better of them and don’t assume anything. A foreman ought to know this better than anyone below him.