Hello and welcome back to the Unleashed Podcast, I am your host, Kristina Sjolund. This is our part two of our leadership series, unleashing your leadership. And I have been speaking out of the book called 'How Successful People Lead' by John C. Maxwell. It is one of the best books on leadership that there is, that's out there, it's amazing. It's so to the point. This book can really make an impact if you take the time to read it, it is not a long book. I hope that what I'm able to bring to you helps you grow yourself into those different levels of leadership. Ready to learn more? Listen in...
• It's a level of leadership based on results, people follow you because of what you've done for the organization, whether you're in a brick and mortar. You've had results. And people are impressed by that. People like that, and they want to be part of it. The level four is people development. People follow you because of what you've done for them, and they feel valued. (3:01)
• We talk about growth on here all the time, bettering yourself, and those greater skills are going to be required, some risks, you're going to take risks because that's what leadership's about. Everybody takes risks, and some risks you're going to win, and some you're going to fail. But that can't allow you to give up, and I don't care what level you're at. I don't even care if you're not in leadership, you can't give up when you fail. Every single skill, every single risk is going to help you grow. (6:27)
• The problem isn't that they don't have the ability to... It's a choice, and it's an attitude that can be changed though. I mean that can be changed, you have to want to grow, you just have to choose to grow, so if they make the choice to improve and grow, then they're not going to have any limits. So it comes down to this, choices matter. Don't think that you have to be stuck there forever, because you don't have to. You just have to make the choice to want to grow and change your attitude about it, I feel like, and also your mindset, because if you feel like you don't have it in you to move further, you have to work on that, you have to choose to work on that. (9:42)
• Now, keep in mind that if you think that you're leading, but you don't have any followers, you're just taking a stroll, Okay? I want you to think about that, because if you think that you're doing a great job at leading, but you don't have anybody leading, who's there to lead, nobody. So, you've got to start connecting with people and you've gotta dedicate yourself to continuing your own development, so that you gain followers and then dedicate yourself to growing them as well, that's so important, because that's the part where people start to feel valued, that's the part where the relationships start to grow and flourish, and there's trust being built. (13:42)
• I want to talk about one of the most important things to focus on and level two; it's to become aware of the uniqueness of people and learn to appreciate their differences. We talked about each person has a different personality, they have different communication languages, they've got... Maybe somebody doesn't like all the attention, but then there's somebody else who needs that constant validation, learn their different ways, that uniqueness of their languages, the uniqueness of their personality, the uniqueness of their needs. So some people... And this might sound silly to you, but I can guarantee that it's not silly to somebody else, because there are people who don't know how they can make these people at this level feel valued, there's questions that you can ask yourself as far as your followers go, what three non-business things do you know about this person? (26:00)
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WHEN DOES IT AIR...
FEBRUARY 24, 2021