adminHave and Share a Vision
Vision is the ability to imagine the organization’s future and inspire others to work toward achieving that future.
Pursue Excellence
- Do it right the first time
- Look for opportunities for improvement, however small
- Seek new ways of doing things
- Be open to other suggestions
- Be willing to take risks
- Solicit feedback from employees, peers, customers/clients
Communicate Effectively – Ingredients to effective leadership communication:
- Show passion
- Voice ideas and opinions in a clear, logical, convincing manner
- Use plain language
- Make it memorable by sharing a story, personal anecdote or analogy
Be Trustworthy –
How to Build Trust
- Keep your promises
- Communicate directly and openly
- Be honest about problems
- Don’t circulate rumors
- Praise more than you criticize (at least 3 times more)
How to Trash Trust
- Blame Others
- Shoot the messenger
- Equate mistakes with failure
- Overextend yourself and your followers so you can’t meet commitments
Build Confidence in Your Employees
- Pay attention
- Build on success
- Celebrate victories, no matter how small
- Make it safe to fail
- Don’t compare employees
Be Enthusiastic
- Others naturally follow
- People deliver more
- You create energy, both physical and emotional
- You become “Contagious”
- You build a reputation
- You achieve personal success
- Serve Others
Listen: We all know how, but how often do we really listen?
- Respond: That’s how people know they have been heard
- Ask: Find out what people are thinking and feeling
- Engage: Take initiative to develop relationships with people
- Care: When we care about those we lead, we are serving them
Make every day count! Go out and make it your best yet!!
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