Leaders TO Significance Leaders TO Significance
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- A Leader Builds himself/herself – Improves himself before asking others to improve
As we have discussed, you must lead yourself before you can lead others.
A leader Must know what your weakness is and continue to work to make that weakness not detrimental to the Team’s performance. Example: Patience - A Leader Builds people up, does not tear them down
Thank you is the greatest word and tool for a leader. Taking note that someone does a job and does it well is most important. People want to be recognized for a job well done and the best way as a leader to do this is with the words “Thank you.”
But on the other side of leadership, is correcting and encouraging seen later in the next point.
- A Leader Builds by looking – Looks for Mistakes and ways to improve (first themselves, then others)
Yes, it is important to complement a follower on a job well, however just as important, a leader must not be afraid to communicate when a follower is not making or hitting the mark. Honest leadership is critical, especially in a growing organization. When you are faced with an issue where a follower is making mistakes and holding back the team, you must communicate this to the follower in a positive and constructive way.
Special attention by the Leader must be paid to NOT make the correction personal, but fully professional. Then constructive advice should be given to the follower on how to correct the mistake and avoid the mistake in the future.
- A Leader Builds by doing – Leads by example first
You can not expect others to do what you are not willing to do.
Example of going to Bangladesh, Philippines, Nepal, etc.
- A Leader Builds a Vision, for others to make their own
Leadership is all about looking ahead. Leaders must focus on what is coming and what plan needs to be executed today to make tomorrow a success. Then after a leader has a plan, they must communicate their vision to their followers. But the important point here is not just to communicate, you must make the Leader’s Vision the Team’s Vision. They must “feel the vision of tomorrow” and know where they fit into that vision.
- A Leader Builds a Team – The team must be an extension of the leader, the vision, and themselves.
In our example of Constantine and Suleiman, both of these leaders build up massive acquisitions of land, buildings, etc. Both did it in the name of a religion or a vision for the future – one Christian, and one Muslim.
Even though these leaders had people scattered across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, they MUST have had followers that were an extension of the leader.It is imperative that we are an extension of the same team – all speaking the same business language, seeing the same vision. If we are, then when situations arise when we must make a decision for the team, we make the same decision. Example: Taghrid leading her team. - A Leader Builds a better future for many – Makes a difference.
As a leader we must be out for not only the betterment of our followers but the betterment of our surroundings. Lead On!
Sutton
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