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Three Techniques to Effectively Lead By Example

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Several years ago when I was a young leader, I had a great leader that taught me many valuable lessons that  stuck with me. That leader was very experienced, well known, and successful. One lesson he taught me was how to effectively lead by example.

Three Techniques to Lead By Example

He explained three techniques that every good leader should follow.

Teach followers what to do.

To lead by example, It is very important to teach your followers how to do their jobs effectively and be good leaders by following successful leadership principles. This teaching should come in the form of verbal explanations. On many occasions, this teaching is done in a classroom setting. As the leader, you should verbally teach your followers to be good leaders so they can lead effectively when called upon.
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Lead With Integrity

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When you are a leader, it is very important to lead with integrity.  If you lead with integrity people will trust you.  If you don’t lead with integrity, people will distrust you.  To lead with integrity, you must be honest, true to your word, and trustworthy.

A little while back I was on a quest to learn about how to lead with integrity.  I picked up a book called Leading with Integrity: Character Based Leadership by Alan Kolp and Peter Rea.  The authors mentioned many great points on how to lead with integrity.

The authors make three points that you may not think of when you think of leading with integrity.  They were  globalization and technology, servant leadership and competence, and teaching character.  Each of these sections is very relevant to understanding what it means to lead with integrity.

Lead With Integrity

Globalization and Technology

In today’s world the use of technology and globalization is growing faster than ever before.  Innovation continues to increase technology is most countries throughout the world. Companies are outsourcing more work to countries with less expensive labor.  They are also building offshore warehouses to produce their goods. With the technology, they use telecommunication systems to conference call from one location to another across the globe.  As the book points out, the number of overseas phone calls has dramatically increased over the last decade.

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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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Changing Others Through Changing Ourselves

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The article, “Changing Others Through Changing Ourselves”, spoke about the importance of changing yourself before you encourage others to change. I am a strong proponent of changing from within first and foremost. People are always talking about change. People are always trying to change others. It is very easy to find all the faults and mistakes in others while it is more difficult to find areas to change yourself.Changing Others Through Changing Ourselves

Changing Ourselves

Some of the best leaders are the servant leaders. They have a great ability to change first and then expect others to change. I am continually trying to be a better servant leader. A true servant leader does two things. First, they lead by example and change themselves and then they humbly help others to change themselves. [Read more…] about Changing Others Through Changing Ourselves

Good Leadership Requires Executives to Put Themselves Last

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Good Leadership

The article “Good Leadership Requires Executives to Put Themselves Last” shows what leaders of today must do. In today’s world, there are so many people out there willing to deceive others to make a quick dollar. This is especially sad because in the past the motto of society that a man’s word was his bond. Now it is getting to where a person’s word means almost nothing. In order to be a good leader it is essential that the leader is honest and forthright.

Good Leadership

Honesty

In this article, Michael Leven understood the importance of honesty. The other leaders he associated with did not understand the importance or value of their word. Michael Leven realized that in order to be a good leader he had to put the shareholders first. He even lost his own money by putting the shareholders first. His example was a good example to follow because he put others first.

True and Good Leadership

In a leadership role it is very important to put others first. It is also very important to be a servant leader. Leaders are not better than the followers; they are just at a different spot on the same journey. The leaders should have the attitude that they are there to help others to succeed. The leader is successful when their followers are successful. With this approach, the leaders are there to serve there followers. By serving others, they must put themselves last to be successful.

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