The Leadership Principle of Process (part 1 of 3)

Leadership develops daily, not in a day. Leadership skills are like investing – they compound. It’s a lot like investing in the stock market. If you hope is to make a fortune in a day, you’re not going to be successful. What matters most is what you do day by day over the long haul. The secret of success is found in your daily and weekly agenda. If you continually invest in your leadership development, letting your “assets“ compound, the inevitable result is growth over time. Although it is true that some people are born with greater natural gifts in leadership than others, the ability to lead is really a collection of skills, nearly all of which can be learned and improved. But that process doesn’t happen overnight. Leadership is complicated. It has many facets: respect, experience, emotional strength, people skills, discipline, vision, momentum, timing – and the list goes on. Many factors that some into play are somewhat intangible. That’s why leaders improve with seasoning. In a study of 90 top leaders from a variety of fields, leadership experts Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus made a discovery about the relationship between growth and leadership: It is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from their followers. Successful leaders are learners. The learning process is ongoing, a result of self-discipline and perseverance. The goal each day must be to get a little e bit better, to build on the previous day’s progress. So whether you do or don’t have great natural leadership ability, your development and progress will probably occur over the following four phases: 1. I don’t know what I don’t know. 2. I know what I don’t know. 3. I grow and know and it stars to show. 4. I simply go because of what I know. To be continued... Want to get started on the process of improving your leadership? Truth@Life can help you, regardless of your location. Call 248-396-6255 or email me at curtis.songer@gmail.com for a free consultation. If you receive value from these blogs, please consider donating to keep this blog site up and running. This ministry cannot continue without the generous donations of its readers. Just click on the "Donate" button in the upper right. For more info on help I can provide check out http://truthatlife.com/ or email me at curtis.songer@gmail.com