Average leaders inspire people to punch a time clock. Great leaders inspire industry and passion.
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Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.
Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.
In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.
There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.
The decisions you make affect a lot of people. You have investors, employees, and customers who all rely on you. Being a leader is a 24-hour-a-day job.
The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.
If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.
Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.