How To Become The BEST Leader You Can Be

Leadership is not for everyone, because most people are not ready, willing and/ or able, to make the personal sacrifices, nor exhibit the high level of focus and commitment, required, to be a quality, meaningful, real leader! This article is, therefore, dedicated, to those who are ready, and willing, so, hopefully, they will be better able to take on this often - huge task, and make a real difference. Don't try to merely become a clone or carbon - copy of some previous leader, because each of us possess a unique skill - set, attitude, strengths and weaknesses, and personal life history! We will, therefore, attempt, to discuss, how you might become the BEST leader, you can possibly be.

1. Benefits; beliefs; bring it; belonging: Are you personal beliefs, in sync with the needs, priorities, and heritage of the group? What benefits will your ideas and approaches, bring forth, to both the organization, as well as the constituents, you serve? Will you go beyond the ordinary, delve deeply, instill a sense of pride and sense of belonging, and seek to improve the experiences of those you serve? Will you commit to never settle for good - enough, ordinary, or okay, and consistently pursue, a course of action, where you bring it, every single day?

2. Excellence; empathy; examine; earn support: Is your creed, one of pursuing excellence, in everything you do, and/ or pursue? Will you spend the time and energy, listening effectively to your constituents, so you can discover the perceptions, needs, and concerns, and will you proceed with true empathy? How carefully will you review, supposed facts, ideas, plans, approaches and alternatives? Do you realize that support and respect must be earned, rather than granted?

3. Strength; support; sustainable system; specifics: Except for in the very - preliminary stages, make every effort to avoid generalities, and seek specifics, considering ramifications, contingencies, and impacts! Know both your, and your organization's strengths and weaknesses, utilizing the strengths effectively, while addressing the weaknesses, thoroughly and carefully! A true leader must support his group, stakeholders, and vision! One only becomes a great leader, when he creates, develops and implements, the best possible, sustainable system!

4. Techniques; tendencies; trends; timely: One of the principal reasons for stressing professional, leadership training, is so a potential leader, learns and develops those techniques and skills, which will help him become better! One must develop a mindset, which is capable of identifying and evaluating tendencies, knows the trends which might make a positive difference, and exhibits the judgment, wisdom and self - confidence, in order to consistently proceed forward, in a well - considered, timely manner.

Many enter leadership, but few become quality, meaningful, real leaders. Use the mnemonic lessons, above, and enhance your possibilities of becoming the BEST leader, you can be!

Richard has owned businesses, COO, CEO, Director of Development, consultant, professionally run events, consulted to thousands of leaders, and conducted personal development seminars, for 4 decades. Rich has written three books and thousands of articles. His company, PLAN2LEAD, LLC has an informative website: http://plan2lead.net and LIKE the Facebook page for leadership planning: http://facebook.com/Plan2lead


By Richard Brody


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