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303 Solutions for Developing the Leader in You

20. Let winners win. Surround yourself with creative, talented, and gifted people and keep them engaged, stimulated and challenged, allowing them to claim their victories. - Edie Raether

 

21. Dress the part of a leader to be viewed as one. People will respond to you based on your appearance. Make sure your attire reflects an image that you want to convey. A quote from Queen Elizabeth stresses the importance of attire “Dress gives one the outward sign from which people can judge the inward state of mind. One they can see. . . the other they cannot.”

- Donna Satchell

 

22. To establish mutual involvement in problem resolution, show others how your proposal benefits the organization, you, and them.

- Vicki Anderson

 

23. Prescription without diagnosis is malpractice - why don’t they do what you want them to do? Most leaders have a bias toward assuming a particular reason that they generalize to all performance problems. In reality, people don’t perform for a variety of reasons and the interventions are specific to the reason! If they don’t know how, teach them. If they don’t want to, incent them. If they don’t know what to do, tell and show them. If they have barriers, remove them or show a way around them and then build their strengths to overcome. - Mike Monahan

 

24. Lighten up! Don’t take yourself so seriously. Everyone makes mistakes, so use them as fertilizer for growth. - John Storm

 

25. Keep the following in mind: Who is my customer? What does my customer want? - Diana Grippo

 

26. Read books about leading and make lists of the traits you discover are in you. We are all born with the capacity of becoming leaders when necessary. Over time we let our natural leadership traits quiet down into our subconscious while we are convinced that only a very few people are truly born to lead. - Robert Alan Black

 

27. Appeal sparingly to the competitive urge. Competition is a reasonably effective motivator - to a point. Competition unchecked can create envy, sabotage and drain the energy needed to accomplish your objective.

- Mike Monahan

 

28. Build rather than burn bridges.

- Pat Veal

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47. Don’t bottle emotions. Strength is not weakened by emotions.

- Pat Veal

 

48. Don’t hire rabbits to swim and fish to run! Use validated hiring assessments and behavioral interviewing to get a great hire. Use a team approach to hire new employees. You can fool one person but it is harder to fool a team - not impossible but harder. - Greg Maciolek

 

49. In any given situation, know your intended outcome. No matter how trivial the moment may seem, know what you want out of it and enter the moment as if your outcome has already happened. - Jo Spurrier

 

50. Keep your own motivation high. Disengaged leaders are ineffective leaders. Being a leader is like acting on a Broadway stage. It may be your 567th performance and feel routine but the audience is expecting your best performance. - Mike Monahan

 

51. Take the phrase have to out of your vocabulary and move from whiner to winner. Whiners say things like: “I have to leave my house at 6 a.m. to avoid the traffic. Next month I have to go to Germany on a business trip. Every morning I have to meet with my boss for ten minutes.” Winners change have to to I choose to, I get to or they simply state a fact. Winners express themselves like this: “I choose to leave my house at 6 a.m. to avoid the traffic” (which implies she is clever in avoiding traffic hassles). “Next month I get to go to Germany on a business trip” (which implies she is fortunate indeed and that the organization holds her in such high regard as to invest in an expensive trip). “I meet with my boss every morning” (which states she must be particularly valuable if her boss cannot start his day without consulting her). It’s smart to not say have to unless you want to express that you are forced to do something against your will. - Doug Smart

 

52. Always remember that everyone needs strokes. As a leader it is absolutely essential to find ways to sincerely acknowledge each team member for personal contributions. - Jo Spurrier

 

53. Seek fellow travelers not followers. People prefer to travel with people they respect. Periodically they will seek and/or need a leader.

- Robert Alan Black

 

54. Begin a personal life inventory. Keep an ongoing list of your life’s stories, defining events, strengths, passions, and gifts. Reflect on how these affect and can direct your life’s

trajectory. - John Storm

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