12 Reasons Your Leadership will Excel in 2012

19. Jan, 2012 0 Comments

This year holds amazing accomplishments ready to be enjoyed. It will require solid leadership built on the foundation of trust and a firm belief in the giftedness of those you lead. Leaders who see the possibilities and encourage an open discussion will be positioned to celebrate an amazing 2012.

The best is yet to come because you:

1. Recognize your position of leadership as an honor and you genuinely care about those you lead.

2. Value and seek the opinions of team members more than you value your own ideas and agenda. You recognize that the collective wisdom of the team brings better results.

3. Encourage your team to get rest because you know it prepares them to give their best.

4. Bring the right people together in a way that liberates people’s best thinking and then to get out of their way.

5. Focus your time and energy in building momentum toward the goal and resist being sidetracked by drama or minutia.

6. Empower those you lead by giving them the freedom to make decisions without having every decision scrutinized.

7. View failure as a teacher that prepares your team to succeed sooner and resist criticizing when a team member fails forward.

8. Pursue greater understanding with a teachable spirit regardless of the teacher. You are a life-long learner who has an insatiable appetite to grow.

9. Have enjoyed the benefits of humble leaders you embrace humility as a strength that guides you to seek the input of others . You readily accept you don’t have all the answers and that a better solution is found when others are included.

10. Prioritize a healthy lifestyle that balances rest, exercise and solid nutrition. You understand that a disciplined pursuit of healthy choices enables you to feel good and serves to help you think clearly.

11. Reserve quite moments of reflection in your schedule to think and plan about the future. You discipline yourself to use your time wisely and understand the long hours at work can hurt you, your family, and your team.

12. Believe the people on the team are smart and talented. You accept that they are not “your” people and you look for ways to make the most of their abilities. You see a lot in those you lead and you expect a lot. You willingly utilize people to their fullest and ensure their accomplishments are celebrated.