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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Episode 9 - Part 2: “Three L’s of Leadership”
Part 1 Recap: These three L’s represent three very important actions that leaders must take and last week we covered the first two:
Listen:
- Anyone can bloviate, and most people do
- All leaders are good listeners
- "Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking." — Bernard Baruch
Learn:
There are two questions I always ask someone who wants me to coach them and embark on the leadership journey with them, and those questions are:
- “What are the three books you are reading right now?”
- “Who is teaching you?”
Today’s Episode:
LEVERAGE
“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.” Archimedes, Greek philosopher.
Remember, leaders cannot do anything by themselves. The essence of leadership to the very core is needing other people to come alongside you and to help them so that you can get to a common vision. You can’t lead if there is nobody following you. So, think about that, and then apply the quote, and you have a recipe for great leadership.
Leveraging is about “maximizing your advantage.”
REFLECTION QUESTION 1: Are you maximizing your advantage?
- Your job is to maximize what is in front of you.
- Leaders always do the best with what they have.
- Leaders do one of two things: They can make excuses or make things happen. But, they can’t be both.”
REFLECTION QUESTION 2: Are you the type of person who makes excuses, or the type of person that makes things happen? Because one is a leader, and one is not.
There are three specific things that leaders can and should leverage, if they really want to make things happen.
1. Leaders leverage TIME
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” — Warren Buffett
REFLECTION QUESTION 3: What do you need to say ‘no’ to more?
When you think about time as a leader I want you to think of the word DISCIPLINE.
Book Tip: Getting Things Done, by David Allen.
2. Leaders leverage RESOURCES
Resources - the tangible parts of your world. What is it that you have at your disposal that otherwise might just be sitting there unless you leveraged it properly?
REFLECTION QUESTION 4: Are you using those resources correctly?
If you don’t learn to leverage those resources, your company will not grow.
Put your people in a position with the maximum amount of resources, without wasting those resources of course, so they can get the job done.
Peter Drucker once said, “Unless such commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plan.”
Book Tip: Dare to Serve, Cheryl Bachelder - When she put the right resources in front of the right people, things started to happen. It was not easy. It was tough. It put a strain on every other part of the business, but leaders make the tough decisions.
3. Leaders leverage TALENT
"I hire people brighter than me and I get out of their way." Lee Iacocca
Henry Ford got people around him who were smarter than he was. “I’m not successful because I’m the smartest guy in the room, I just make sure to get people around me who know what to do”. And THAT’S the essence of leadership.
Cornelius Fichtner famously said, “The ‘P’ in PM is as much about People Management as it is about Project Management.”
As leaders, we all know that people are our biggest asset. John Maxwell said in his book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, that if you get the people for long, nothing else matters.
Nothing is more important in your business than people. In fact, it doesn’t matter what company you work for, or alone, people ARE your business.
MO’s Final Thoughts:
If you don’t have a coach in leadership, you’ve got to get one! The way to get these three L’s ingrained in who you are is to walk alongside other leaders. Don’t go at it alone. Leadership can get lonely. That’s why you need other people alongside you. If you take these three L’s and start applying them, you will start getting some great results.
Amazon Book Links:
Getting Things Done, by David Allen.
Dare to Serve, Cheryl Bachelder
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Episode 8: Three L’s of Leadership.
Listen
- “You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.”
- Listening is the most important skill.
- Anyone can bloviate, and most people do.
- Formulating your answer in response is important, but it’s not the most important thing.
- Active listening - Engaged in the conversation.
- There is a misconception that leaders have to have all the answers. It is ok to not have the answers.
"Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking." — Bernard Baruch
REFLECTION QUESTION: When it comes to the people in your life, are you doing more of the talking or more of the listening?
If you want people to listen to you, you must first listen to them.
Learn
Two questions you ask someone who wants to embark on the leadership journey:
- “What are the three books you are reading right now?”
- It is said that Winston Churchill read a bood a day even during war time.
- Even if you are not reading at all right now, you can start!
- Some books you might consider right now:
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnagie
Leaders Eat Last, by Simon Sinek
Developing the Leader within You, by John Maxwell
- “Who is teaching you?”
- You want to learn the right things and make sure you are on the right track.
- Ask people who know your industry well and make sure they have the fruit on the tree. If you want to become like somebody, spend time with those people.
- Hangout with mentors and coaches.
- Be selective. You are the five people you hangout with.
- Aspire to hang out with the people you want to be like.
- Be the dumbest person in the room.
REFLECTION QUESTION: How are you becoming better?
Leverage (To be continued…)
Three things that all leaders need to learn to leverage that are key to their influence of people and their success as a leader.
MO’s Final Thoughts:
Leadership never stops. You are always in the process of leadership. This week, as you go out and spend time with people, I want you to think about, “Am I listening in this situation?” Once you start to listen you are automatically going to learn. If you can get those two things under your belt (listen and learn), for the next seven days, you will put yourself in a great position to have more influence on people.
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Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Episode 7: “Take Control of Your Boundaries”
What are boundaries?
- Tangibles
- Physical Examples
- Moat with alligators
- Property signs
- Physical Examples
- Intangibles
- This is where leadership lies.
Why is it important for leaders to have boundaries?
Boundaries define us.
- What is me, and what is not me?
- What are the things that you are all about?
- Your followers need to know what you stand for.
- You need to know your responsibilities.
- What are the things that you are all about?
When you take responsibility for your life, your life opens up to new options and choices.
What is at stake if no boundaries exist?
- Confusion
- When boundaries do not exist, we become confused as to what we are responsible for.
- Leadership
- Not knowing boundaries as a leader is even worse, because your people depend on your decisions for their well-being.
- As leaders we carry the burdens of others. And that in itself is a very huge responsibility.
- Leaders must learn how to carry their own burdens first, so that they can deal with the burdens of others.
- If we decide to deal with our burdens, then we can open ourselves up to others to help them with theirs.
Boundaries help us know how to carry them (burdens) in a way that is helpful to others, but not debilitating to us.
What are some boundaries every leader should have in place?
- Time
- Time is our most precious commodity.
- You can lose money and get back. You can lose possessions and get them back. You can’t lose time and get it back.
- The only thing that matters is the people in your life.
- Consequences:
- All leaders think in terms of return on investment. But I’m not talking about money, again I’m talking about people and influence.
- Think of consequences in terms of a fence on your property. These imaginary fences help us to understand one another in terms of the seriousness of trespassing on certain parts of life.
- These fences teach us to live according to specific values and live our own lives based on our belief systems and what we are willing to fight for and guard and protect.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
- What are you willing to fight for, guard, and protect?
- How do you bring people along on that journey with you?
- What are you as a leader going to help others understand in terms of boundaries to help the organization you are in and take those relationships to the next level?
How do you know which boundaries are useful or necessary?
Define boundaries that are going to:
- Make your life easier to understand
- Help you make better decisions.
That’s what people who follow you are expecting you to do. They expect you to make correct directional decisions and make their lives better.
QUESTION: Can someone determine appropriate boundaries alone?
ANSWER: No, you can’t.
As leaders, we have to remember that we don’t do anything alone. That’s what leadership is. It’s doing life with other people.
REFLECTION QUESTION: Who in your life is helping you find the leadership boundaries?
When you don’t have boundaries you continually push people away.
If you don’t say “no” to the good, how will you know when the great comes along?
“Busy” is not a badge of honor. The last thing that your people want to hear when they come to you, as their leader, is that you are too busy to help them fix their own problems.
Leaders fix problems, but more importantly, “leaders are dealers in hope”. - Benjamin Disraeli
REFLECTION QUESTION: Are you a dealer in hope?
MO’s Final Thoughts:
Do your best to create boundaries so that your people know what you stand for and how they can reach out to you as a leader to make their lives better.
Book Recommendation: Boundaries, Cloud & Townsend
Get Coaching: www.risingtideleadership.com
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Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Episode 6: “Living in Your Strengths”
QUESTION: Why is it important to know your strengths?
ANSWER:
- Recommended Tool: Strengthsfinder 2.0 Assessment - To break it down to its base level, there are 34 strengths that Gallup has identified, and categorized them in what they call “themes’.
- If you don’t know your strengths, then as a leader, you don’t even know what you are leading from.
QUESTION: If they are my strengths, then they probably come naturally. So, why do I really need to know about them?
ANSWER:
- It is important for you to know your strengths because leading from our strengths makes us more effective in all areas of our lives, whether personal or professional.
- It is important for us to know the strengths of others. As leaders, we need to learn how to lead others according to their strengths. Not ours.
There is a difference between living in your strengths and leading with your strengths and both are important.
Living IN your strengths:
This is about you personally living in your strengths and doing the things that you are best suited to do.
I have always kept to the belief that we should try to live and work in our strengths zone. And the reason for this is, it’s going to keep you thriving, and keep out a lot of the frustration.
It is perfectly okay to not pay a ton of attention to the stuff that you’re not really good at. Which, is why the strengths Finder report is so important. If you have a list of 34 strengths and you have a top five, then you also have the bottom five.When I got my report, because of my personality of course, I skimmed over my top five strengths and immediately looked in my bottom five. I had to continually come back to my top 5 strengths.
Leading WITH your strengths:
Leading with your strengths is where leaders make their money, and by money I mean… Impact.
Leading with your strengths is about identifying with other people and utilizing your strengths to help others live in theirs.
I’m always trying to find out the better way to be the best “me.” I’m never trying to be somebody else.
I have strengths of my own. You have strengths of your own. The chance that we all have the same strengths is very minimal. Focus your time getting better at what you are already good at.
The STRATEGIC Theme
QUESTION: What does it look like to lead IN and WITH my strategic strength?
ANSWER:
- The Strategic strength allows people to cut through all the clutter and find the best route when something needs to get done, when you’ve got to get somewhere.
- A specific way of thinking. It’s a specific perspective on what is right in front of you. It allows people to see patterns.
- People with the strategic theme ask “What if” questions.
- People with the Strategic strength can see potential barriers and obstacles. They can see over the hedge and see what might happen.
Ideas for Action:
- “Strategic” people want to be a resource for other people.
- Good leaders ask good questions. Somebody else might have the answers. You just need to ask the questions.
- If people don’t know what you need, it’s not their problem, it’s your problem. Let people know you’d like to be a part of the process.
QUESTION: How do we help others live within their strengths?
ANSWER: You need to know what your people are good at and what they are bad at.
What to do with Strategic people:
- Involve them in the process and planning sessions.
- Give them enough time to work things out.
How can people get better at living in their strengths and leading with their strengths?
- Take the Strengthsfinder 2.0 assessment.
- Go to www.risingtideleadership.com for the free strengths coaching review.
MO’s Final Thoughts:
We all have strengths. If you’d really like to be a leader, but you don’t know where to start, take the Strengthsfinder assessment. Learn your top five and start living within those strengths and pretty soon you will be leading with those strengths.
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Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Episode 5: Do you already feel like a failure?
Two actions to avoid failing and/or feeling like you are failing:
- Be aware of the expected obstacles
Obstacle 1: Unwillingness to Commit
- This is one of the biggest challenges
- This causes failure to follow through
- This sets you up for failure before you even begin
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” John Wooden
Reflection Question: Do I have an unwillingness to commit already in 2021?
Question: Why would someone take the time to set goals for their organization, if they were unwilling to commit to them?
Answer:
- Although you want to achieve your goals, they are not convenient… that’s why they are goals
- If you are really committed to reaching your goals, you will do what you have to do, no matter what
- We are more interested in reaching our goals, yet we are not willing to commit to reaching those goals. It’s not that we don’t want them. It’s that we don’t want to do the things to commit to getting those things done.
- As soon the going gets tough, we don’t get going. We give up?
Question: What are the pitfalls for a leader who is unwilling to commit to THEIR goals?
Answer:
- Leaders are so entrenched in what they are trying to do with their own personal goals that they forget about the bigger picture.
- The tough part about being a leader is that you are not just committed to your goals, you are committed to the goals of the people that follow you.
Reflection Question 2: Am I really committed to reaching my goals in 2021?
Obstacle 2: Being afraid to step out of your comfort zone
- We like doing what we are good at already
- Leaders do the stuff that others won’t do
"You must be willing to do the things today others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have." Les Brown
Action point: Do something different.
- If you are not getting the raise that you want at work, do something new.
- If you’re not used to speaking up, speak up.
- Take responsibility for your own actions.
The worst thing that you can do is to take no action. You need to go against that conventional wisdom that the little voice in your head is telling you.
Wayne Gretzky once said, “You miss 100% of the shots that you do not take.” Make the decision today to give it another shot, to give it your best shot.
You are not in control of your circumstances but you are in control of your attitude and the actions you take.
Wayne Gretzky was not only a great scorer, but also a great leader to his teammates. He is the one who also said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” -Wayne Gretzky.
- Know how to respond to them
Question: What do leaders need to learn about responding to the expected obstacles?
Answer:
- Learn to be your own catalyst.
- Nobody cares about you as much as you care about you.
- Motivation comes and goes.
“Successful people do all the things that unsuccessful people don’t want to do.” -Paul Michell
Reflection Question 3: Are you willing to work when you don’t want to work anymore?
Tim Tebow Story: Took responsibility as the leader. Committed to work harder than everyone else.
Action Point: Learn to build habits.
- Read the book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey.
- “To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” - Unknown
- Believe you can do it.
- Be a little bit unrealistic. Set your goals a little bit bigger then you will be able to accomplish on your own.
- Don’t get this confused. I am not saying to put goals down that are TOTALLY unrealistic… but just enough to make you work for it
“'Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” -Bill Gates
Question: What if someone doesn’t know if they can do it and doesn’t have people in their life that believe in them?
Answer: I have enough people who criticize me. I need more cheerleaders. Those are the people I bring into the process.
- Leaders don’t do anything alone. Leaders need other people.
Action Point: Remove people in your life that are not the cheerleaders. Gently and lovingly put distance between yourself and other people that are not on your team.
Reflection Question 4: Are you doing the things in life right now that are helping you to understand what it means to be the best you? Are you bringing those people along with you to help you get those things done?
What is your team? How does it look? What are you doing to better that team on a daily basis?
Mo’s Final Thoughts:
If you are already asking, “Am I a failure?”, the answer to that is, “No! Be ready for the obstacles and be ready to respond to them appropriately. We will get through this journey together. You are not failing. You are doing great. Just take the next step.
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
The Law of Intuition (Part 2)
Recap of Part 1:
- The two things that make up leadership intuition:
- Natural Ability
- Learned Skill
Question: What are some areas that people in leadership tend to not be intuitive?
Answer: Three common areas:
- Realizing that the journey is a lot longer than you think it will be.
- Seeing things as other people’s fault - not your own.
- Intentionally viewing EVERYTHING through the leadership lens.
People tend to miss the Law of Intuition when it comes to the simple stuff that should not be missed, but most often is. I am talking about team member morale, the momentum of their companies, and especially relational dynamics. There are so many intangibles that leaders miss on a daily basis.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell
- Leaders are Readers:
- of their situation
- of trends
- of their resources
- of people
- of themselves
Leaders are Readers: Of their situation
- We all wear a lot of different hats (roles in life). Read each situation you are in.
- Leaders are always looking at the environment.
- You can’t change your circumstances but can change your response to the circumstances.
Reflection Question: Are you reading your situations as a leader would?
How does someone look at their situation and have confidence that they are seeing it clearly? What do they need in order to see it clearly through a leadership lens?
- Leaders sens attitudes and chemistry
- Leaders are looking for the intangibles
- Leaders know a situation before it happens and before all the facts
Leaders are Readers: Of trends
- Most managers are really concerned about being efficient and effective. The bottom line and getting things done.
- Leaders take the broader view. They look years and decades ahead.
- Leaders in some ways buck the trends. They are thinking further out then the here and now.
- Leaders step back to see what’s happening in the moment and see how it is going to affect the organization in the future.
- You need to sense when trouble is coming and when opportunity is coming.
- Leaders are steps ahead of their people.
- You will go through many different trends. Your job as a leader is to keep people grounded knowing you are taking a further view.
- Be the constant caring for your people and leading them through the change.
- The mission stays the same but the method will change.
Leaders are Readers: Of their resources
- The difference between leaders and everybody else is the way that they see what is in front of them, the things that are at hand, their resources.
- Leaders think in terms of next level leadership - “This is what I have and this is what I have to do to get the most out of it.”
- Leaders think challenges & problems = opportunity. They look at their resources and ask, “Who are the people I can give these resources to get the job done?”
- You have to see everything with a leadership bias.
- Leaders build leaders and build teams and leverage their resources.
Reflection Questions: Are you using the resources you have properly?
Leaders are Readers: Of people
- People are it! Everything else can come and go, but people are it.
- The only reason to ever burn a bridge is when someone lacks character.
Are you able to read people in the situation you are in right now? Are you intuitive of the relationships of your boss, your peers, those that report to you.
- Leaders know the hopes, dreams, fears, and concerns of their people behind the scenes.
- If you want to lead someone you need to learn who he is and how to read him better. And you can’t read someone unless you are in relationship with them.
What role does emotional intelligence play in reading people.
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0, Jean Greaves and Travis Bradberry (Mo’s Top 50 reading list)
- Are you self aware?
- Are you socially aware?
- Reading people is the most important skill in the intuition department.
- Leaders must hone this skill.
- If you aren’t giving people a reason to follow you then you’re not leading at all.
Leaders are Readers: Of themselves
- This is why you need an Inner Circle
- You have to have the ability to read yourself.
- “No one can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.” James Russel
Reflection Question: Are you reading yourself on a daily basis? Are you making changes?
- Leaders need to know their strengths and know their weaknesses.
- Recommendation: Take the Strengthsfinder 2.o assessment
Mo’s Final Thoughts:
When leaders become others focused and optimistic, that’s when organizations thrive. Rising Tide Leadership consults in that kind of culture in organizations. We want you and your organization to become better. That’s why it is important for leaders to be readers of these five areas, so they can put their people and organization in the best possible positions to win and be successful.
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
The Law of Intuition
- The way that somebody evaluates something.
- That little poke in the ribs that tells you, “Hey, what’s the leadership angle of this specific situation?”
Everyone is intuitive about something. Everyone is intuitive in their area of strength.
Intuition “separates the great leaders from the merely good ones.” - JM
What is the difference, or better yet, the relationship between the Leadership Lens and Leadership Intuition?
- Leadership Lens = The way you see things
- Leadership Intuition = How you evaluate what you see and what action must be taken based on what you see.
John Maxwell says that Intuition comes from 2 Things:
- Natural Ability
- Learned Skill
Natural Ability
Everybody wants to be a natural born leader. When in reality, most people are not.
There are three types of people (John Maxwell, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership)
- Those who are Natural Leaders
- Those who are Learned Leaders
- Those who will never be leaders
Learned Skills
Honing one’s skills is the most important part of becoming a better leader.
Angela Duckworth, Grit
- Talent vs Effort.
- Each of us is born with a certain amount of talent. We cannot make that talent more or less. That is a God-given piece of who we are.
- But then there is the second and more important piece of the puzzle, which is the effort that people put in.
- Talent + Effort = Skill + Effort = Success.
- Effort counts twice.
- You can have all the talent in the world but if you don’t practice then that talent goes away.
- Work “smarter not harder”.
Reflection Question: Are you working on your skill sets?
How do you know what you need to get better at?
- Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths
How does knowing your individual strengths help you become more intuitive at leading other people?
- You have to at the very least know you are on the right track. You have to hitch your wagon to the right train, which is following the right people.
How do I know if I am on the right track? How do I know if I am following good leaders?
Answer: Ask good questions.
- (The Philosophical Question) Why is leadership important to you? Is what you are doing bringing you satisfaction and fulfillment?
- Leadership isn’t just a part of what you do, it’s about making it a way of life.
- (The Relational Question) Do the people you follow have the fruit on the tree?
- Focus on following the right people before wanting others to follow you.
- (The Personal Question) Am I willing to do what it takes to become a more intuitive leader?
- The journey is long, but every step is rewarding and worth it.
Mo’s Final Thoughts:
No matter where you’re at in the leadership, no matter where your leadership intuition is, don’t lose heart and ask good questions. Ask a couple people you trust, “Am I an intuitive leader”? Your people know you and will know how to answer you. Somebody is always watching you as a leader. When you are a leader there are people that need you to make good decisions, because your decisions good or bad will affect them. So, ask the right questions. Keep the journey going. Work on the leadership lens and work on the intuition factor. You will start seeing fruit.
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Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Rising Tide Leadership Podcast: Simplifying the Complexities of Your Leadership Journey
Episode 2: Developing a Leadership Lens
“Everything that you see needs to be seen through the lens of leadership.” ~MO
What is a Leadership Lens?
- The way you view life and relationships.
Leadership Lens: Instinct or choice?
Why is it important to recognize it is a choice?
- The way that we view life depends on the activities that we engage in, and the people that we associate with.
- Leaders give up rights for responsibility.
- Leaders don’t make excuses. Leaders make it happen.
Reflection Question 1: “Am I viewing life through a leadership lens?”
Can anyone develop a leadership lens?
- Short answer: Yes
- Long answer: If you are willing to take the next 20 years to change the way you think.
What are some other lenses that people commonly mistake for a leadership lens?
- The Manager Lens
- Just because people listen to you and do what you say, does not mean that you are a leader.
- “We manage numbers, but we lead people.” - Peter Drucker
- Most people in positions of influence, are living in what John Maxwell calls the lowest level of leadership or “positional leadership.”
How to know whether you are leading or managing?
- When your people start coming to you for something that has nothing to do with your work relationship, you are on the precipice of influence and leadership.
- “We need to give, knowing that we will never be able to receive anything for the work that we put in.”
3 Ways to Develop a Leadership Lens
- Become “others focused”.
- Have the best interest of your people in mind.
- Think of yourself less.
- “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” - CS Lewis
- Make it a way of life.
- “You can fool your superiors but you can’t full your subordinates.” - Unknown
Reflection Question 2: Are you willing to change your viewpoint so that seeing life through a leadership lens is a way of life?
MO’s Final Thoughts:
Start making subtle changes. Start thinking about others in everything you do. Start thinking about yourself less. Learn to live everyday this way and it will become a way of life.
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Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
“Everywhere you go, every person you encounter, every experience you have is pretty much a product of leadership or lack thereof.” Mo
Question: How did you get started on the leadership journey?
Answer: by understanding the different types of leaders.
- Mentors
- John Maxwell - Reading, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
- Kevin Kobb - Personal investment
Question: In what ways have you been intentional about staying on the journey?
Answer: After you understand the different types of leaders you need to understand the leadership lens.
- Leaders do two actions really well
- Create leaders
- Create teams
It’s not about just spending time with people, it’s about investing in others.
Reflection Question: How do you feel about the intentionality in your time with others. Are you putting intentional time into others?
All leaders have to do things they don’t feel like doing.
Question: How does someone become intentional about shifting their feelings and wanting to be intentional with people?
Answer: By understanding next level thinking.
- “We as leaders need to engage in next level thinking.” Dr. Lem Usita
- Leadership is not complicated, it is simple. However, that does not mean it is easy.
- “Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” John Maxwell
Starting out the right way: What does being intentional and starting the right way look like in 2021?
- Do you have a plan?
- Not an idea or a wish, but an actual plan? Most people don’t.
- “Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson
- By having a plan you give yourself the best chance.
- “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.” John Wooden
Question: How do you make a plan?
- The first step in making a plan is SETTING GOALS. You have to decide where you are going, (What is the goal?, Where do I want to end up?) in order to make a plan to get there.
- Dreams don’t become goals until you put them on paper.
Reflection Question: Are you setting the goals? Where do you want to end up?
Question: How do you know what goals to set?
Answer: Effective goal setting comes down to asking yourself more questions. You have to set aside time to reflect and be honest with yourself about two things:
- New stuff - What new stuff have I been meaning to do that I am actually going to commit to doing in 2021?
- Old stuff - What old stuff have I been doing that I need to quit doing?
- Bob Goff says that most of us need to learn how to quit things that we need to quit, and be free from them so it doesn’t bring us down and bring negative connotation to the rest of our lives.
Procrastination is one of the killers of being an effective leader and a person of influence.
- Principles from “eat that frog” to do the hard thing first, instead of setting aside
- “Do you have what it takes?”
- Do you have what it takes - Internally?
- You need to do the things that others won’t do, so you can have the things that others won’t have.
- Perseverance and grit
- Angela Duckworth, Grit - Talent isn’t enough.
- Do you have what it takes - Externally?
- Accountability structure - Who are the men and women speaking into your life?
- Your reading list - Who are the authors that are going to influence you this year?
- Leaders are readers.
- There is no secret to success. The secret to success has been written in every book that’s ever been made.
Mo’s Final Thoughts: Wherever you are at in the leadership journey out there take the next step. You need to make sure you are putting in the time because nobody cares about your journey like you do.
Put in the time. Remember you want to understand your leadership lens. You need to start viewing things with the lens of a leader. Everything that you see needs to be seen through the lens of leadership
What does it mean for you to have next level leadership?
You can do it out there!
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