Effectiveness Leadership ability is the lid that determines a persons level of effectiveness. The lower an individuals ability to lead, the lower the lid on his potential. The higher the leadership, the greater the effectiveness. If youre leadership rates 8, then your effectiveness can never be greater than a 7. If your leadership is only a 4, then your effectiveness will be no higher than a 3. Your leadership ability for better or for worse always determines your effectiveness and the potential impact of your organization.
You have two options in front of you right now.
You can either keep your leadership lid at the level it currently is at. Continue creating the same results, firing and hiring people on your team hoping to see a change. Or maybe try pushing harder to reach your goals, squeezing tightly to increase your productivity and performance, but keep wondering why your desires feel so out of reach. Smart, talented people are able to go so far because of the limitations of their leadership. To reach the highest level of effectiveness, you have to raise your leadership lid.
2 THE LAW OF INFLUENCE
The True Measure of Leadership is Influence Nothing
More, Nothing Less You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you everywhere if only out of curiosity. True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned. Several Factors That Make a Leader : 1) Character Who They Are true leadership always begins with the inner person. People can sense the depth of a persons character. 2) Relationships Who They Know with deep relationships with the right people you can become the real leader in an organization. 3) Knowledge What They Know information is vital. You need a grasp of the facts to develop an accurate vision for the future. 4) Intuition What They Feel leaders seek to recognize and influence intangibles such as energy, morale, timing and momentum. 5) Experience Where Theyve Been the greater your past challenges, the more likely followers will be willing to let you lead. 6) Ability What They Can Do the bottom line is followers want to know whether you can lead them to victory. As soon as they no longer believe you can deliver, they will stop following.
3 THE LAW OF PROCESS
Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day It is the capacity to develop and improve skills that distinguishes leaders from their followers. Leaders require seasoning to be effective. If you continually invest in your leadership development, the inevitable is growth over time. The relationship between growth and leadership: Its the capacity to develop and improve ones skills that distinguishes leaders from their followers. Successful leaders are learners. And the learning process is ongoing, a result of selfdiscipline and perseverance.