- Many definitions of leadership
- Your definition of leadership should be personal
- It can be a definition you create on your own
- Or you can borrow another’s definition and make it personal to you
- Why does leadership definition need to be personal
- Your definition will become a guiding principle of your leadership
- Definition isn’t a list of core values or principles, but it defines how you behave as a leader
- My definition of leadership
- Influencing others toward a shared goal
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- Let me unpack this definition
- Others
- Leadership requires others
- If no one is following you, you aren’t a leader
- Others isn’t defined by an organizational chart or reporting structure
- Others can be members of our team - peers, colleagues, family, friends, committee, a volunteer group
- Influencing
- Influencing others implies a notion of willingness
- Others give you permission to lead
- They give this permission by their willingness to follow
- Influence isn’t authoritative, dictatorial, obligation, manipulation, or fear-based
- Influence is trust-based
- Trust you have their best interest at heart
- Trust you are capable to lead in achieving the goal
- Goal
- While influencing others you must be working to achieve a specific goal or purpose
- Leadership isn’t just wandering aimlessly in the wilderness
- There has to be an objective in your leadership
- The goal has to be clear or simple
- Not necessarily easy, but clear and simple
- So everyone knows the goal
- Shared
- Two elements of a shared goal
- Communicative
- When the goal is clearly defined, it must be communicated
- It must be communicated well and consistently (multiple time, multiple ways)
- Those you are influencing aren’t working toward the shared goal if you haven’t communicated the goal to them.
- Good communication of a goal include the what and why
- What is the goal - stated clearly and simply
- Why is the goal important - to the team, business, and your team members
- Collaborative
- Collaborative element of a shared goal tells you team “we are in this together”
- Collaborative element of a shared goal communicates how
- Together is the best possible answer to “how are we going to achieve the goal”
- As the leader, you aren’t exempt from the collaborative element of a shared goal
- You are not sending your team out to achieve the goal
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