Leadership- What Successful Leaders Do

Visions for Success
What Successful Leaders Do

As an entrepreneur and leader in the Personal Development Industry, I am often asked what I believe the definition of Leadership to be. Let me first explain what I believe it is NOT!

Leadership should not be simply and purely for personal gain or goal accomplishment.
Leadership needs to have a much higher purpose than that!
Leaders realize that leadership is not about them and that they are only as good as the people they lead.

In taking a look at your leadership point of view, you should be able to answer a few questions:
Who are the Primary influencers in you life? What do you or are you learning from them, good or not so good?
Think of your Life purpose. Why are you here, and what do you want to accomplish?
Which values will be at the forefront of your behavior? What will be guiding your thoughts and actions as you live your life “on purpose”.
Success is a value, but so are wealth, relationships,learning and community. You can certainly have more than one value, but if your core value is integrity, then the way you go about gaining financial freedom must have only actions of integrity.

What are your beliefs about leadership and motivation of others? Again, take a look at your core values. Your belief about how you will lead others will stem from your Primary influencers.

What can the people who look up to you expect from you? You “do leadership with people”,not something “you do to people”. Let your associates know what they can expect from you and where your boundaries are so there will be no disappointments or surprises.

What do you expect from your associates? Because you are in partnership with people, they should know what you expect from them as well.
Setting an example… Walk your talk. Learned behavior is setting an example of the core values and behaviors you are encouraging and expecting. Simplify things, you should have a turn-key system, paint by number approach when first implementing leadership so that you are able to grow and nurture others to their greatness and leadership roles.