Five Strategies of Exceptional Leaders.
Dr. Paul Taylor
Remember one of the purposes of REAL is to develop our
leadership skills. As John Maxwell has
said, "Everything rises and falls with leadership."
WE ARE ALL LEADERS!
The question is "What kind of leader are
you?"
"My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds
of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first
group. There is much less competition. "
Indira Gandhi.
There was a survey asked to many businessmen about
leadership qualities and characteristics.
They were asked to order what they felt were the most important
leadership qualities. Here is the list
from 1 to 10.
1. Honesty 83%
2. Competent 67%
3. Forward looking or
having vision 62%
4. Inspiring 58%
5. Intelligent 43%
6. Fair Minded 40%
7. Broad Minded (open
to new things) 37%
8. Straightforward 34%
9. Imaginative 34%
10. Dependable 33%
Isn’t it interesting that the number one quality of a businessperson
is honesty! We hear all the time about dishonest
business people. Many believe that you
have to be dishonest to succeed in business.
Do you? Is that really the kind of
person you want to be? *High School students in the United States
were asked if they believed they needed to lie, cheat and steal to be
successful. Over half of them responded
yes!* This is why people do not
trust people today, especially in business. The successful businesses are built on
honesty, integrity and character!
Here are some quotes on leadership.
“The true measurement of leadership is influence; nothing
more, nothing less.” John Maxwell
“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and
character. But if you must be without
one, be without strategy.” General Norman Schwarzkopf: United States
“Leadership is letting go in the doing, but not letting go
in the guiding.” Dave Thomas; Chairman and Founder of Wendy’s
“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the
science of management says is possible.” Colin Powell
“Leadership is the ability to take people beyond their
natural skills to the fulfillment of dreams.” Rich Marshall
“There go my people and I must catch them for I am their
leader.” Gandhi
“Leadership is the ability to inspire confidence, determine
direction and to serve with character and integrity.” ROI Leadership focus
group
*It is now your turn.
I want you to take a few minutes and write your own definition of
leadership.*
*Leadership is ……*
Please send your
definitions to Dr. Josimar and to Dr. Taylor!
*Acceptable vs. Exceptional Leadership*
One of the biggest problems that we face in the business
world is complacency. People become
satisfied very easily with the status quo, mediocrity! The question is “Will you be satisfied with
acceptable leadership or will you push to excel?” We should never be satisfied with mediocrity. I once preached a message entitled “God hates
vanilla!” Vanilla ice cream is acceptable,
but God wants exceptional leaders.
Here are the differences between:
Acceptable Leaders / *Exceptional Leaders*
1. Have convictions
*1- Live convictions*
2. Career focused
(it’s all about me)
*2 - Calling focused (it’s all about the cause)*
3. Understand Vision and Mission
*3 - Understand
the purpose behind vision and mission.*
4. Is motivated by activity/results
*4- Is
motivated by shared vision*
5. Motivates other’s minds
*5 - Motivates
other’s hearts*
6. Operates within the rules and regulations
*6 - Operates
with passion towards vision and mission*
7. Core beliefs are situational
*7 - Core
beliefs are integrated in life and work*
I hope that you
can see the difference between the two kinds of leaders.
One is being a certain kind of person because of
his job.
The other is that person and they excel at their job because of it.
There are 5
levels of leadership to become an Exceptional Leader.
Exceptional
Leader
Level 5
Effective
Leader
Level 4
Competent
Leader
Level 3
Contributing
Team Member
Level 2
Highly Capable
Individual
Level 1
Which level
would you be on at this time in your life?
We all need to grow in the
area of
leadership. Are you growing? Are you stuck? From the above chart, are you
acceptable or
exceptional? REAL is about exceptional
leaders who are visionary
leaders
understanding the purpose and the cause!
We will
continue this training after you have responded to my questions.
This material
is a part of ROI Leadership, Inc. 2006
Developing
people, building business
I have had the
pleasure of working with this group in the past and use the material
to train
leaders.
Keep believing for the impossible!
