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Five Qualities To Help You Earn Respect As A Leader

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One challenge many leaders face is gaining the respect of those they lead.  This can be a challenge for leaders at all stages of their career whether they are brand new or seasoned leaders.  Respect is fundamental to being a good leader because it allows you to have influence.  When leaders cannot gain respect, it is very difficult for them to get people to do things. On the flip side, however, a leader that gains respect from those they lead, is able to build unity, trust, and camaraderie with those they lead.

So what qualities lead to respect?  What can you focus your improvement activities on so that you can gain the respect of those you lead.  Below you will find five qualities that you can focus on to improve respect that people have for you.

Obedience

In leadership, there area many rules and regulations that you must follow on a regular basis. The rules and regulations come from company policies and procedures; federal, state, and local laws; and industry standards and ethical codes. As a leader, it essential that you do all you can to follow all the rules and regulations that go along with your business or industry.  [Read more…] about Five Qualities To Help You Earn Respect As A Leader

Finding Your Leadership Niche

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When you are in leadership, you can become the strongest leader when you find your leadership niche. There are a wide variety of areas where you can be a leader. You lead in business, sports, politics, education, non-profit organizations, etc. Each requires a different skill-set. Some leaders need to be kind and compassionate, while others need to be hard nosed and strict.Finding Your Leadership Niche

Finding Your Leadership Niche

If you are a compassionate person, you will probably find more success in an industry that allows you to be compassionate. At the same time, if you are a strong willed and hard nosed, you will do best in an environment where that type of leadership is required. Of all the leadership niches, you must pick a specific leadership niche that best applies your strengths.

Incorrect Leadership Niche

A couple of years ago I knew a leader that was a good leader, but not able to become a great leader in his current position.  Where he worked, he wasn’t able to achieve all of his goals because he didn’t have the support he needed.  He wasn’t given the freedom to make the decisions he needed to make.  I spoke to him a number of times, and he was always very frustrated because he wanted to make a number of changes to improve processes. However, every time he tried to make a change, he was shot down by one person or another.  [Read more…] about Finding Your Leadership Niche

Attention To Detail – Don’t Become The Prey!

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As a leader, it is essential that you are honest and have integrity. You must do all you can to be upfront and honest in your conduct, especially when dealing with your customers. Part of being honest means that when you make great claims, you must have the details and documentation to back them up.

Pay Attention To Detail

Whether or not your claims are true, if you don’t have details and documentation, people will be skeptical and may not believe you. You can’t just make great claims with nothing to back them up. Attention to detail and documentation are extremely important.

My Experience

Recently, I had a very interesting and potentially scary experience. Over the past several months my wife and I have been trying to refinance our home in Carson City, NV. We went to several different lenders and one after another denied us for one reason or another. All cases, however, were tied to the fact that we have excellent credit and a perfect payment history.

Loan Modification

About a month ago we received a phone call from a loan modification company, Direct Mortgage Counseling, directmortgagecounseling.org. They said that they could modify our loan and give us a new great loan (30 year fixed, 2% interest, reduced principal). We were somewhat skeptical because the loan modification seemed too good to be true. We did some research and found that they had the proper business licenses to do this type of work. That gave us enough confidence that we gave them a few of our documents, so they could give us additional information.

Once they received our few documents, they put together the loan modification paperwork. From there, they requested quite a bit more information (basically every financial document we had) so they could finalize our loan modification. Since I have experience writing legally binding contracts, I made sure I read through their contract completely before I signed it. I was especially careful because I was skeptical of them from the start.

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Your Leadership Responsibility

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The leadership quote below is one that I came across that impressed upon me the importance of leadership.

Each of us is responsible for the welfare and the growth and development of others. We do not live only unto ourselves. As we serve with diligence, as we lift and strengthen and build convictions in those lives we touch, we magnify our [leadership].  To live only unto ourselves, on the other hand, to [lead] grudgingly, to give less than our best effort to our duty, diminishes our [leadership] just as looking through the wrong lenses of binoculars reduces the image and makes more distant the object.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

The leadership quote above is a very powerful.  It impresses upon all leaders the importance of being a great leader.  Leadership is a responsibility that all leaders must take seriously.  As a leader, you will influence and change the lives of others.  The little things you do on a daily basis ranging from how you treat others to the decisions you make, determine how others act, what they do, and how they respond to things in the future. [Read more…] about Your Leadership Responsibility

Don’t Be Afraid To Say, “I Don’t Know, But…”

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This week I had an interesting experience related to customer service. Over the last few weeks, I have had a number of problems with my vehicles. I heard an unusual knocking noise from the engine of our truck and the car just wouldn’t start.

In order to save money, I have always tried to fix my cars by myself or with help from one of my friends wherever possible. I am no master mechanic, but since I am mechanically minded and have had a lot of great tutors along the way, I have been able to do a lot of my own mechanical work.

With each fix, I have had to run back and forth to the auto parts stores. Through the years I have worked with different people at the auto parts stores. Some have been very knowledgeable on cars and the parts and products, while others have not been.

The Problem

This week as I began fixing the truck and car, I had several questions on which parts to use and whether or not they were available. I started out by calling the auto parts store to tell them my situation. They told me they had just the parts I was looking for and I should come in to buy them.

Once I got to the store, I approached one store employee and began to ask him my questions. As he answered my questions, he really didn’t know the true answers but gave me a response anyway. He suggested a couple of options I should try and identified parts I should buy for each.

Just as I have done in the past, I bought the recommended parts and went home to begin working on the car. Once I got home, I began taking things apart. It didn’t take long to realize I had all the wrong parts.

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Maintaining Integrity As A Leader

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No family can have peace, no home can be free from storms of adversity, unless that family and that home are built on foundations of morality, fidelity, and mutual respect.  There cannot be peace where there is not trust; there cannot be freedom where there is not loyalty.  The warm sunlight of love will not rise out of a swamp or immorality.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

This quote is one of my favorite quotes.  Many, if not all, of the values I hold dear were taught to me by my parents in the home.  My parents were great examples to me.  My parents taught me the importance of having mutual respect and trust for each other.  That trust and respect permeated their relationship and helped them remain strong through the challenges of life and marriage.  My parents have now been married for 36 years.

Maintaining Integrity As A Leader

Integrity

They also taught me that I must have integrity and be honest in all I do.  In addition to teaching through their words, they also taught through their actions.  They were great examples of honesty and integrity in all they did. [Read more…] about Maintaining Integrity As A Leader