Want To Be A Better Leader?

So you want to be A Better Leader!  Great, get on board, so do a lot of people.  It’s not easy being a leader. It takes time, energy and other resources to get the training, courage, commitment and dedication to hone the craft and change your behaviors. Regardless of your gender, age, industry, profession, experience, position or reasons why you want to lead yourself and others ask yourself these questions and be clear about your answers before jumping in.

If your begging at the chance for more responsibility and leadership potential, ask yourself these questions and get really clear with your answers.

1.      Why do you want to be a leader?

2.     Am I willing to serve others – really?

3.     How willing am I to serve others?

4.     Is my leadership about me or we? Why?

5.     How will I act decisively, even though I could end up being wrong?

6.    Why am I willing to be humble, vulnerable and honest with myself and with others?

7.     How can I ask more questions and do less talking?

8.    Can I say more about the future than the past?

9.    Who wins when I lead well? Who loses when I lead poorly?

10.  WHY do I want to lead people?

11.    Why would people follow me?

Leaders – female and male, educated and not so educated, spiky hair or gray hair, gifted speaker or not, loaded with cash or poor as dirt – come in ALL shapes in sizes. Some leaders are the obvious leaders in a room. Others are not. If you are ready for leadership, or want more of it, honestly ask yourself the questions above.  Leadership is not for the weak-minded. It takes guts, toil, bruising, humility, and a whole lot of serving others to be influential and known for your leadership. Wherever you are on your leadership path, being a leader worth following takes a healthy and true personal inventory about yourself. Not just one time, but on a consistent basis.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.  So, WHY do you want to be a leader?

I’d love to hear about your leadership journey into your New Year.  Send me a note via email at brad@aperiocoaching.net or on Twitter @bparcells.

In Latin, Aperio means to reveal, uncover, to make clear. Coaching is a powerful process that enables the client to reveal and illuminate their authentic style via a sharp focus on who they are at their core.