I keep a list in my office to remind me of leadership traits which I want to remember and practice. I have gotten these from some of my favorite leadership people including John Maxwell and Andy Stanley. There are as follows:
- Leaders become insulated and Isolated…AND THEY LIKE IT
- Resist the urge to lead every meeting you attend.
- A good leader wants the best thinkers and most strategic people around the table with them.
- What and who you listen to will determine what you do.
- Leaders never outgrow the need to change.
- Don’t buy into the notion that mistakes can be avoided, THEY CAN’T.
- It doesn’t matter how long or how hard you’ve worked if it doesn’t accomplish what needs to be done.
- Coming together is a beginning and staying together is progress but only when teams sweat together do they find SUCCESS.
- Teamwork is at the heart of GREAT achievement.
- BECOME PRE-OCCUPIED WITH WHO YOU HAVEN’T REACHED AS OPPOSED TO THOSE YOU WANT TO KEEP.
