Do you want to be a Manager or a Leader?

Posted on: Monday, Dec 26, 2011 by James

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
- John Quincy Adams -

Leadership is about taking employees to a place they wouldn’t go to by themselves. Good leaders don’t merely supervise; they create a sense of purpose and vision in for those they lead. Leaders have a passion for results and a burning desire to make a difference. Those are the types of Leaders that employees are motivated to work for.

All of us in leadership positions need to evaluate our actions. Are you providing a positive example for others to follow? Are you leading or just managing?

Here are some Leadership tips to consider in your business:

- Good is no longer good enough. Be always on the look out to improve, change and renew everything your business does.

- Give people direction and purpose in writing. Make sure each of your employees understand how their job individually impacts on the overall company mission.

- A leader is a teacher. As a leader, you should always be teaching.

- Be willing to admit you make mistakes.

- Make it part of the company culture to put all employees including new ones in different departments so they can see exactly what they do for the company as part of their education.

- Reduce unnecessary regulations and policies. Seek feedback from your team regarding what regulations or policies that don’t make sense, and then have your team vote on what makes sense.

- If you haven’t already, start a system of education and training for everyone in the business for regular training.

- Be quick to deal with individuals who are poisoning the attitudes and performance of others.

- Allow your workers the ability to reward each other’s performance. Peer pressure is a fantastic tool to motivate employees.

- Conduct frequent, informal recognition/award celebrations for workers.

- Have your team establish guiding core principles to help them take initiative and stay on course.

- Take your people off-site and visit other business establishments to get new ideas.

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