Leadership is Earned as a Result of Your Actions
“Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a
teammate you’re ready to play tough as you’re able to, you
better go out there and do it. Players will see right through
a phony. And they can tell when you’re not giving it
all you’ve got.”
Larry Bird, Professional Basketball Player and Coach
As I see it . . . . . . .
Leadership is earned as a result of your actions
As a business consultant you can see this leadership scenario repeating itself . . . . over and over again.
It happens with a new manager, new owners of a business, new team leader, in a promotion and as well as in many other areas of leadership and in life.
The person steps into a new position that has a title or leadership responsibility . . . . having the title doesn’t make the person the leader. Leadership is earned through . . . . your persons actions.
The person with the title has the authority . . . . but earns the right to be called a leader.
The number one reason a leader fails in their position is not in knowledge or expertise . . . . It’s in their lack of ability to earn the title of leader in the eyes of the people that work with the leader. As a result there is a less respect for the person in the position.
Leadership is earned as a result of your actions . . . . and can lose it very quickly the same way.
©2013 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
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