Lead like a Leader
December 17th, 2008. Published under In the Workplace. No Comments.
Imagine you’re planning a hiking trip: you’ve got your heavy pack of supplies (your employees) and your map (revenue goal). However, you have a sprained ankle and can barely support your own weight. Do you march off into the wilderness with the responsibility of your employees on your back, or do you take care of yourself until you’re strong enough to support them? Even if you have all the right tools and assets from your employees and associates, you can’t expect anyone to carry you through the wilderness of successful business practices. This doesn’t mean we need to become master salespeople or instant CEO’s before we take on a larger business model. It simply means that we need to fortify on an individual basis as much as possible in order to build up an indestructible team.
As the cornerstone of your business, you are the first stone set in the construction of your team. Just as it is with masonry, all other employees will be set in reference to the cornerstone, thus determining the strength and position of the entire team. In order to be a solid cornerstone, you must first completely believe in yourself-take a mental inventory of all your abilities and personal gifts. One of the quickest ways to fail is to tell yourself that you don’t have the correct experience. If we allowed experience to rule our goals, then we’d never accomplish anything new. But reviewing our own talents reveals that, even without experience, we do have the means to accomplish our goals.