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10 Lessons Learned From Leadership Examples

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Several great leaders in the form of teachers, athletic coaches, mentors, peers, youth group leaders, friends, and others have touched my life through their leadership examples.  They’ve shaped me into the person I am today.  They’ve told me when I was doing something wrong and encouraged me when I was going through a challenge.  In addition, they’ve taught me correct principles to help me avoid mistakes.  Of all the great leaders I’ve had, there have been two that have taught me more than anyone else.

My Leadership Examples

Those two great leadership examples are my parents.  My dad and mom have been great leadership examples throughout my life.  They’ve taught me many important leadership principles throughout my life.  They both understand that they are leadership examples to me so they  teach leadership principles whenever possible.  Their leadership examples are very powerful.  They’ve taught me the following ten lessons.

Who are your leadership examples?

1. Lead By Example

My dad and mom taught me the importance of leading by example.  As the leader, you can set the example for those you lead.  When you lead a diverse group, you may not fully understand everything your employees work on, but you can still set an example when it comes to values.

2. Have Faith

As I mentioned in my previous post, my mom and dad have always taught me to have faith in God, other people, and myself.  They taught me through words and by their leadership examples.  As a leader, faith allows you to get things done that you never thought possible.    [Read more…] about 10 Lessons Learned From Leadership Examples

How Not To Lead By Example

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When you are the leader, it is important that you lead by example. The way you lead by example permeates your team, coworkers, management, customers, and everyone you come in contact. When you set a good example, it has a positive impact. If, however, you set a bad example, it has a very negative impact.

How Not To Lead By Example

Several years ago I had an experience where I had a leader that wasn’t a leader at all. When I worked under him he was responsible for training, leading by example, and giving a vision. As part of that responsibility, he was supposed to give us direction on what to do and how to do it. How Not To Lead By Example

This was very important because we were all very new and he was the one with the most experience. His training and guidance was especially important because in the environment we worked in, we had very strict and specific rules and regulations that we had to follow. If we didn’t follow the rules with exactness, it would lead to major problems down the road. His guidance was very important.

Shirking Responsibilities

My leader regularly fell short on his responsibilities to the whole team. He didn’t lead by example and wouldn’t do his job because he was lazy and didn’t want to put forth the effort. When he would try to do his job, he would go on a power trip and become a dictator.

Negativity

He would put people down as he told them to do exactly what he said. When he got on his power trips, he would constantly say we needed to follow his “example” of how to get the job done.  He would get an arrogant attitude as if he had been setting the perfect example all along.

Lack of Motivation

As I worked under him, there were many times where I found that I had to prod him to do his job and fulfill his responsibilities.  I understand that no one is perfect and everyone has their shortfalls, but as a leader he didn’t even put forth an effort to lead by example.  In no way was he an example that we could follow.

Summary

As you can see from the example above, the way you lead by example has a great impact on others. My leader’s poor example had a big impact on me and everyone around me. If he were to lead by example in a good way, it would have had a much different impact on everyone.

Have you ever gone through a situation like this?  How did you handle the situation?  How do you set the example for your people to follow?  Please share your thoughts in the comments section below!

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What Do You Do Every Four Years?

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Since February 29th only comes around every four years, I decided to do a little different type of post.  I researched some things that happened on this unique day.

What Do You Do Every Four Years?

The following things happened on February 29th:

  • 1504 – Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
  • 1796 – Jay’s Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
  • 1848 – Neufchatel declares independence of Switzerland
  • 1880 – Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland & Italy completed
  • 1892 – Britian & US sign treaty on seal hunting in Bering Sea
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The Power of Blogging in Leadership!

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To be a good leader, you must have conviction in what you want to do and the stance you take on different issues. In many cases, beginning leaders don’t have strong convictions because they are new to leadership.  Those convictions develop over time through trial and error, or as they study examples from other leaders.

Blogging In Leadership

Writing down your thoughts can also be very beneficial in the development of your convictions. A blog is a perfect platform for this. The following video helps explain the power of blogging in leadership when developing your convictions.

Clarity of Thought

As you blog, you will develop your own thoughts on how to handle different situations. Blogging will force you to take a stance on the topics you write about. As Seth Godin and Tom Peters stated, blogging will refine your thoughts and help you in many ways.  [Read more…] about The Power of Blogging in Leadership!

The Proof Is In The Pudding

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“The proof is in the pudding!” What does that saying mean to you? To me it means that your actions speak LOUDER than your words. As leaders, there are so many things you do on a daily basis with people watching you. You must always be aware of that fact. You set the example that everyone else will follow.

The Proof Is In The Pudding

Proof From Example

Since you set the example, you must do all you can to set the right example. Several years ago I had a leader that was a nice person, but he set a very poor example. I had a weekly meeting with him and my coworkers. At each meeting he told everyone how important it was to provide good customer service.

Poor Example

He would also stress the importance of following all the other company rules. Once the meeting was over he would be the first to break those rules. He would show up late, fail to greet the customers quickly when they came in, or make some other mistake. It didn’t take long for everyone to lose trust in him as the leader.

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Three Lessons Learned From a Great Leader

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In 2001, I lived in Cypress Hills, NY. During that time, I was a full-time volunteer service missionary in a two year program. As a service missionary, I was given a partner that I worked with all the time. Each missionary partnership was part of a district which was composed of four to eight service missionaries.

Three Lessons Learned From a Great Leader

The Great Leader

Two to three districts were grouped together to form a zone, and there were 16 zones within the mission. The leader over the whole mission was called the mission president. For my area the mission president was Larry Spackman. He was a very successful businessman from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

There were also leaders amongst the missionaries. The leaders were responsible for either a district or zone of missionaries. The leader’s responsibility was to motivate and encourage the other missionaries. In addition, the leader had to make sure the missionaries were following the standards of missionary conduct.

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