Lead Where You Are - And We're Off...Now What?
True leadership is not a title or position. True leadership is daily actions and behaviors that influence others. (Hopefully positively).
Each of us has the opportunity to lead where we are, no matter our title or position in the organization and to have a positive impact on others, ourselves and our respective organization’s. Skeptical? Then try a few of these actions in the next couple of weeks and let us know your impact:
Lead Your Performance – Set time on your manager’s calendar and listen to their vision and priorities for your organization in 2020. Based on that vision, develop a set of expectations that you will communicate back to your manager and commit to achieving. Delivering on these expectations will be your contribution to the organization’s 2020 success. Next, set 20 minutes each week on your managers calendar to review your progress, good, bad or indifferent, and proactively create an ongoing, dynamic performance development plan.
Lead Change – See possibilities for change in and around you. Identify what has been drifting that might be negatively impacting you and or others. Take action, think disruptively, create options and form recommendations for change. Then, act with urgency. Don’t let the drift and negative impact continue. Finally, don’t stop the process of seeing possibilities for change you can impact.
Lead with Accountability – When you hear blame being placed or excuses being made, then intervene with these simple but powerful statements, “How can I help?” and “What does success look like if we take a step back from the blame and excuses and how can I help get us there?” You will be amazed at the positive impact you will have just by reframing the focus.
True leadership is performing actions like these on a daily basis that will provide a positive and lasting impact on others and your organization. So, for the next couple of weeks, take a risk and step up and step out to lead right where you are.
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