Do you want to lead your organization, or do you want to be loved by those in your organization? Now that’s a statement that hits a leader right between the eyes! How do you answer this question?
This same question can be asked of any person running for a public office in our nation, our communities, or any other organization where they are looking for votes. Do you think that leading an organization, business or community requires a certain level of competency and skills to do the job to the satisfaction of those they lead? If you want to be “loved” you are in the wrong business. It’s just like a parent who wants to be their child’s best friend. It doesn’t work. You, as a friend, will be manipulated, disappointed at the results and frustrated in your attempts to woo affection.
What we see as mentors, coaches, and business consultants are two basic kinds of leaders. There are “Pretenders” and there are “Players.” Which one are you? When you are a player, you work from a “framework” that turns vision into action. Growing leaders is a privilege that a leader has in the organization. You as the leader must come from a place of providing “opportunity” vs “obligation” to those you lead.
To do this, you as the leader must be aware, this leadership skill will cost you more in time than you can imagine. All you have to do is to interview any leader who has had success in the workplace and be specific in the questions you ask him/her about the road of leading through opportunity with those who have high potential.
When you lift up and equip others, as a leader you will have to also go back to your spouse and family and clearly lay out what that price will be in the TIME you will be away from the events that will be sacrificed, and will have a greater meaning in the long run. Don’t misunderstand what was just explained. You are not putting your family last, you are putting opportunity for others to raise all the boats, and that is modeling and as the leader you will be presented with specific calendared times to spend with family. BUT there must be an agreement with your spouse, your family and those whom you love to be supporters. This price is payment for the uphill climb.
If you are a person who comes from a business job belief of “How little do I have to do today, to not be fired?” You my friend are what is termed a “Level 1” leader. You have reached your ceiling.
A “Level 2 Leader” is one who is seen as a “Friend” to those you are trying to lead. Good luck my friend, you will need to improve your listening skills.
If you are all about “Production” – you are a “Level 3 Leader.”
When your main goal is to “Develop People” you lead, you have upleveled to a “Level 4 Leader.” If you are adding value and creating change in those you lead, you are engaged in “Compounding”!
At “Level 5” you are at a place where there is rare air. Very few leaders have ever achieved this level. Here is the kicker at this level: once you achieve it, you must begin all over again at the bottom at level 1, none of us can live or maintain the status of yesterday. There will always be another Mt. Everest for you to scale, and you begin again at base camp.
If you are looking for a mentor or coach to help you with your microphone, send me an email, and we can discuss the effective use of that microphone in your hands!
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