Morning Motivator - What Does a Leader Do?

"The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it."
- Theodore Roosevelt

As a leader, what is your ROLE? How do you CONTRIBUTE to the overall success of your group? At what level are supposed to work ON the business vs. IN the business?

Many people, including people in LEADERSHIP positions, have a misconception of what their JOB is as a leader. It is NOT the job of a leader to DO the work for you. It is their job to SHOW you how to do the work and then TEAR DOWN any barriers that are keeping you from doing it most effectively.

Commonly, the leadership of a group is the original EXPERTS and this feel they can do it BETTER than the people that work with them. Therein is the CHALLENGE. How can the business GROW and SUCCEED if the leaders are the ones doing all the heavy lifting? Is it that the people that work for them are INCAPABLE? If so, replace them. Is it that they are not effectively TRAINED to execute? Then spend the time and money to make them experts. The WORST thing to do is to carry along ACTING as though all is well, yet NEVER being able to serve as the leader - the one that CREATES opportunity, REFINES processes and GROWS success.

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
If you are not the leader, you are in a tough spot possibly. You may see that CHANGE is needed, yet lack CONFIDENCE to confront a leader to discuss the needed changes. It is at that moment that you must DECIDE if YOU are a leader too. If so, you MUST find a way to have that discussion. If not, then you may take on more RESPONSIBILITY gradually in an effort to be an INFLUENCER in the necessary change.

Either way, do NOT sit around and watch your company run like a limp dog. Find a way to CREATE change. Read a book, suggest a book, attend a training, assume greater responsibility... there are a MYRIAD of actions you can undertake to create a BETTER situation. Overcome your FEARS and make the changes that will create a BETTER situation for all people within your group!

Cheers,
Zach

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