In our society we have leaders and followers. Are we born to one or the other? No! Can you hone your leadership skills? Absolutely!

The leaders that I admire seem to have all of these in place:

• They think BIG! They don’t put a ceiling in place. Instead, no limit is set as to how big or how much better something can be.
• The goals are firmly set in place and the eye does not come off of it.
• They make known to all involved the final product that they are all going for, example, if you sell widgets, it takes x number of widgets to be affluent, or you want to win that football game and ultimately the title. Know what you’re going for.
• They can get compliance to orders.
• When goals are met they set new goals or raise the bar.

People will follow your lead willingly if you are honest, ethical, if you are consistent and treat them with respect. Rewarding someone when a job is well done is always appreciated. A good leader will also off load someone who consistently hinders the group who is just not a team player.

You can improve your own self- respect and become an inspiration to others. How great is that!

Those who aspire to become leaders must lead by example. The team must always have a firm belief that the leader will be there during every crisis. Not to fix the blame, but fix the problem. If the team members find that the leader does not follow what he/she preaches, they will have no respect for him/her. They may obey him/her, but the respect will be missing. Leaders gain this respect by their actions. They look and act sincerely. There is no mismatch between their words and actions. They look integral in approach and character.

To be a leader, every boss must display characteristics such as knowledge, planning, anticipation, foresight, action, result oriented approach, perspective, respect every team member, earn their respect, act as a friend and act as a mentor. This is quite a list, but if you want to become a good leader you need these qualities. This is true not only for national leaders but for persons in every leadership position in any organization. Once a person earns the respect of his /her team members he/she ceases to be only a boss and transforms into a leader.

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Imagine active in an environment area aggregate was exciting. Activity aloof got added acceptable and better, anybody accompanying able-bodied to anniversary added and formed adamantine at home and the office.

Now imagine an environment area aggregate was miserable. Going to assignment every day was a drone, there was connected argument at assignment and at home and there aloof seemed like there was no escape.

These two scenarios are the aberration amid abundant administration in a assignment place, and a complete abridgement of administration in a assignment place. The first book is acutely area anybody would like to be.

Unfortunately a lot of companies focus added on authoritative abilities and not abundant on administration skills. This creates a abridgement of drive amid advisers in the assignment place. Best people absorb at minimum 37 hours a anniversary in their office. If you assignment out how abundant time you absorb at home and decrease the hours you beddy-bye you will acceptable acquisition that you absorb added working hours at assignment than at home. And sometimes assignment is the best afflicted abode you can anticipate of.

If you are in a position of administration and your working environment is like this, something needs to change. first of all, accomplish abiding you are passionate about your job. The moment people see that you are passionate their perspectives will start to shift. They won’t necessarily change overnight, but it is a start. What abroad you can do? Well, how about incentives for accomplishing goals, or KPIs. If you are in an office, maybe acquaint accidental Fridays. Maybe already a ages get your team pizza for lunch.

A leader’s affection should accommodate their employee’s wellbeing, and already your advisers start seeing that you are passionate about convalescent their assignment space, their attitudes will change. Soon the accomplished appointment environment will be like the first book above. People’s attitudes from assignment amplitude into their home life, and vice-versa. If they accept a acceptable day at assignment again their home activity will improve. When their home activity improves again their achievement at assignment will improve.

By assuming administration with affection your team will improve, team associates will get promoted, you will get answer and the company will accomplish better. Everybody wins!

The problem was that nobody was affairs it. Based on this acknowledgment by Mr. Geneen, people still tend to pay added absorption to what you do against what you say. So that old aphorism accomplishments allege louder than words is still accurate today.

If you are in a position of leadership, consistently bethink that your team, your personnel, and the people you assignment with are consistently watching you be abiding to put on a acceptable show

1. Practice what you preach. Although actuality a boss ability appear with a few props, I acerb accept that assertive ethics such as punctuality should be nonnegotiable. One of the better mistakes you can accomplish is to appeal that your cadre appearance up on time, while you strut in 15 account late, captivation a cup of coffee. While I formed as the Academic Coordinator at a highstatus clandestine school, I fabricated abiding to be on the job at atomic 30 account afore the appropriate time. It gave me befalling to accost the aboriginal birds and appoint in breezy badinage afore the demanding ambiance set in. This aforementioned aphorism applies to abounding added situations.

2. Be accommodating to listen. Most people apprehend their leader to be insightful, beginning with acceptable advice, and a abundant listener. A acquaintance of abundance in an authoritative position already commented how difficult it was for her to get her assignment done sometimes because her employees was consistently bottomward in to allotment their problems. Although in her case she was ambidextrous with an almighty beggared group, its important to advance such a affinity with your cadre that they feel at home absolute their accessible ancillary to you.

3. Dont play favorites. Its accustomed to be fatigued to assertive people added than to others. But as a leader you deceit run the accident of assuming a alternative for a assertive person. As anon as your workers ascertain that you amount one employee aloft another, a actual abominable atmosphere can erupt. Learn to accumulate your opinions to yourself.

4. Be kind. Back people accomplish mistakes, by all agency they should be corrected. You do advisers a abundant disservice by acceptance them to accept that they are assuming able-bodied back they are not. However, the way in which the being is adapted determines whether he or she will be aggressive to assignment harder and to become added productive, or not. We should never boldness people, it doesnt amount what their position is in the company.

5. Dont authority grudges. Its actual acceptable that one day youll airing into a allowance and acquisition that you are the base of somebodys joke. Learn to beam it off. Dont booty things personally. Your acknowledgment absolutely determines whether the abhorrent comments will breed or die.

When we are actively listened to we feel valued and are far more likely to engage in negotiation and compromise.

Listening is about far more than words. Watching facial expression and body language is often a far more accurate barometer than the words that are being used.
Nice things being said where the smile doesn’t reach the eyes is an obvious example.

To be an effective listener it is vital that you listen actively.

10 tips to becoming a more effective listener

Make eye contact.

Read the body language of the talker. Are they relaxed, anxious, angry? Extremes are easy to recognise but often the message is much more subtle

Mirror the talker’s body language- subtly, a gentle dance rather than a caricature.

Show that you are listening, nod, make appropriate responses

Ask relevant questions, ask them to clarify if you are not clear about their meaning

Summarise: so what you are saying is……….

Use open ended questions, the who, what, where, when,

Be careful of the tone of your voice when you respond or ask questions. It is all to easy to come across as judgemental or as an interrogator from the Spanish Inquisition

Use empathy. Acknowledge difficulties, but be careful not to fall into the trap of going into anecdotes from your experience. “ I sense that you are finding this rather difficult” rather than “Oh I know, it happened to me but mine was bigger, more difficult etc”

Take a real interest, if you are simply going through the motions the lack of sincerity will be obvious to others. Leave your ego behind, concentrate on the other person.

What problem is most dominant in peoples lives?

The answer is: FEAR!

People live every day in fear. Fear of losing their wealth, fear of losing their loved ones, fear of making the wrong decisions, fear of being themselves, fear of growing up, fear of making a commitment. The list goes on and on.

The leading cause of people not fulfilling their dreams is NOT the fear of failure – it’s the fear of success! The fear of actually accomplishing what they set out to do. The fear of living life to the fullest may have paralyzed you. This will cause you to never really try in your business, or if you do try, to sabotage your efforts so you never have to face your fear of success.

Most people live their lives in the grip of this fear and they aren’t even aware that it has control over them! The fear is the one thing that can turn your dreams of financial freedom, loving relationships, and a fulfilling and significant life into a pattern of habits including procrastination, self-sabotage and other bad habits.

Fear is the dominate problem in your life today. The two questions you need to answer to conquer your fear are:

Which fear has the most control over your behavior? Is it the fear of failure, the fear of rejection, the fear of success, or is it all of them?

How do I interrupt the bad habits that I have developed as a means of protection from this fear? How do I interrupt the programming I have within me?

These are the two most significant questions when it comes to overcoming your fears. If you can answer these two questions, your life will forever change!

The reality of fear is that it is human and is a part of life. It’s not going to go away. Some fear is even healthy! It is a gift given to you to keep you safe and bring you closer to your creator.

Every person is born with three instinctive fears. These are: fear of falling, fear of loud noises, and fear of abandonment. These three fears were given to you to help you monitor what is going on around you. Think about it; it is fear that gives you the adrenaline rush that makes you escape from a situation that is really, truly unsafe. It also gives you the same rush that causes you to fight to win.

Faith is born in fear. God knew in His infinite wisdom that fear is what would drive His people back to Him. Although sometimes it is only in times of extreme fear that we look to God and choose Him. Take a look at your own life and think about the times you looked to God for His power and wisdom. Those were probably times of extreme fear. True faith is born from fear!

So what caused the gift of fear to be the number one problem in society today? Why do people let fear control their actions, beliefs and lives? The answer is the difference between reacting to fear and acting in fear. It has everything to do with your belief system.

Children typically react instinctively to fear, which is appropriate behavior at this age. Most adults don’t make the distinction between reacting to fear, as when they were a child, and acting with their intellect when dealing with fear.

People react instinctively to fear by either denying it or running away from it. They miss the power that comes from acting with their intellect, never allowing the fear to become the gift it was intended to be. Learn to act with your intellect by exposing your true fears and the beliefs they represent and free yourself so you can move on with all you are meant to do, have and become!

Leadership is not an attribute anyone is born with. It is developed throughout life. If you want to become a leader, but think that no-one will ever be interested in following you, you need to change your mindset! You CAN develop yourself into a leader. Do NOT say “One day when I am a leader”! Whether or not you lead one person, or ten thousand people you need to say “Today, I am a leader”, and act on it. Leadership is a constant active effort in order to improve skills and ability to help others.

One of the greatest quotes I love about leadership is simply ‘Serve to Lead’. Leaders are not there for self glorification. They are visionaries always looking ahead at how they can help others and move them ahead. In regards to business they are constantly moving their business forward creating new opportunities for employees.

Leaders are decision makers. They do not procrastinate. They know what needs to be done and they make sure that it gets done. Leaders know how to delegate effectively.

Do not be fearful of messing up. When leaders mess up they take responsibility, learn from the mistake, and next time take their game up a notch. Followers tend to blame others. Take a step in confidence, hold yourself up high. Pin your shoulders back, walk with a confident posture! Posture is important. Talk with confidence and learn how to speak in others. If that is not for you, then take a public speaking course, just get out there and do it. Step outside your comfort zone and take your leadership to the next level.

Do not get management and leadership mixed up. Leaders decide direction and management heads towards that direction. Lead people, manage things.

A practical way to develop leadership in your world today is getting involved/more involved in home business opportunities. Positioning yourself to inspire people will really catapult you ahead. It will also take you out of your comfort zones, which is a fantastic place to be in order to develop your weaknesses into strengths.

Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, did extensive research to find companies that achieved greatness. He found companies that had been mediocre for years and then became great companies, creating a sustainable success. These companies outperformed their competitors several times over. Collins found that all of the leaders of these great companies demonstrate “a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. They are somewhat self-effacing individuals who deflect adulation, yet who have an almost stoic resolve to do absolutely whatever it takes to make the company great, channeling their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company.”

These leaders, according to Collins, look in the mirror, directing their attention to themselves when problems arise. They take full responsibility. When successes occur they look out their window, directing praise and credit to those who serve with them. These leaders work in concert with other leaders to cocreate a great organization. (References to Jim Collin’s work found in the article, “The Misguided Mix-Up of Celebrity and Leadership”

In 1978, in Superbowl XXII, the highly touted Denver Broncos football team were beaten by the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys played with precision and focus, executing plays that were impossible to defend. After the game, one of the Broncos said: “Dallas beat us because we were focused on winning, and they were focused on football.” The ego wants to win, but a focus on winning has us forgetting what it takes to get there. True winning comes from playing the game well and playing it as a team.

Today we have many celebrity CEO’s, authors, actors, athletes, politicians, and TV personalities. Fame, rather than being a result of doing something well, is often an end in itself. There is nothing wrong with fame. The question is, if you are seen as a leader, as someone to be admired, what lasting value are you creating? Would others do well to follow the example you set? Does your example inspire others to express their own greatness?

A recent book, Made to Stick (Heath and Heath), mentions studies that have shown that people who listen to a charismatic speaker often can’t remember anything the speaker said. Speakers who were memorable, that is, their message stuck, were able to connect with their audience through anecdotes and well structured messages.

It is the ego in us that has us placing premium value on egocentric personalities to lead us and be our models. Data and experience suggest that we might better focus on doing what we do well. It suggests that we might focus our attention on building up others, mentoring, and helping them. It suggests that the playing field may be more level than we thought, that anyone can build success if they can step outside of their ego and do something well. Charisma and attractiveness are as much liabilities as they are assets.

Humility, channeling one’s energy in to something bigger than the self, cocreation, clear focus, and connectedness to others these are all traits that fall into the realm of spirituality. These traits don’t seem to fit with today’s idea of great leadership–the swash buckling, egotistical, celebrity who swoops in and saves the day, the superstar athlete, or the charismatic speaker. Yet, we see that the true winners of today, the highly successful leaders, possess these traits.

If you are a leader, focus on leading well. Don’t make the organization dependent on the force of your personality, but create systems and structure that promote success and well-being. When we shift our focus from looking good and self glorification to serving well, and to doing the best possible work, we create organizations, products, and services that are both great and sustainable. You probably aren’t going to get rid of your ego anytime soon, but you will need to transcend it often if you want to be truly successful in what you do.