Two short lessons for effective leadership

Remember inside out not outside in

Most people approach success from the outside in to achieve real success you have to do it from the inside out. Focus on your character and your whole life improves. Changes in character bring substance and power while external improvements are merely cosmetic and quickly fade away.

I visit a wide range of leaders from a wide variety of backgrounds; one thing I notice with over 99% of leaders is that they use the word ‘I’.
Two short but powerful leadership lessons.

Lesson 1

A short course in Leadership

The six most important words…….
‘I admit I made a mistake’
The five most important words…….
‘I am proud of you’
The four most important words…….
‘What is your opinion?’
The three most important words…….
‘If you please’
The two most important words…….
‘Thank you’
The single most important word…….
‘We’
The LEAST important word…….
‘I’

Lesson 2

Keeping a Low Profile ~ ‘thought from the past’ 5th Century B.C.

A leader is best
When people barely know that he exists.
Not so good when people obey and acclaim him,
Worst when they despise him.
‘Fail to honour people,
They fail to honour you’;
But of a good leader, who talks little,
When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
They will all say, ‘We did this ourselves.’

Learn, reflect and grow for without growth you are stagnant in your attitude, behaviour, vision, influence to name but a few are trapped in a pond of stagnant water, the bible tells us to renew our minds Romans 12:2 (KJV) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. God loves His children why oh why do we see many leaders using the ‘I’ word, you can’t achieve anything by yourself it must be achieved through other people.

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