Leadership is about helping the people you lead succeed. In a previous post, I provided a list of tips for helping the people you lead succeed, grow and flourish. I’d like to discuss one of those leadership tips in more detail here.
Lead by becoming a high performance role model for the people you lead
What Great Leaders Do
- Great leaders use themselves as a model to demonstrate the basics of performing at a high level for the people they lead
How They Do It
Great leaders pay particular attention to:
- How they spend their time
- Their reactions to problems, crises and setbacks
- What they reward
- What they sanction
Great leaders know that time is a scarce and non renewable resource. How leaders spend their time is a true test of what they think is important.
Problems and crises are inevitable. Great leaders are at their best in these situations. Great leaders don’t overreact when they encounter problems and crises. Instead, they stay calm and focused.
Great leaders know that the people they lead continue to do those things for which they get rewarded. A pat on the back and a “good job” from a leader go a long way to ensuring that the people they lead will continue to perform at a high level. Great leaders are specific and timely when they reward or recognize the people they lead.
On the other hand, great leaders know that some of the people lead just don’t get it, or want to get it. These people respond only to sanctions and negative feedback. The good news is that these types of people make up a very small part of most work forces. Great leaders deal with the poor performance of the people they lead in a positive manner. Great leaders have a goal of turning around poor performance, not punishing it.
That’s it for today. Please log on to my other blog www.CareerSuperStar.com for common sense advice on becoming a leader and the star you are meant to be.
I’ll see you around the web, and at Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
Bud
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Posted by: NailkErella | December 26, 2011 at 01:39 AM