Leadership Series 2 of 3

Leadership Series  2 of 3

Ok – a few days ago we left off with the Leadership Series introduction and I was about to give you some questions to ask yourself because, as I mentioned, it all starts with the person in the mirror.

In order to properly assess your performance and stay on track, you should step back and ask yourself certain key questions.

The first question is:  What is my vision and priorities.  In other words, what do you see and how are you going to make it happen?  In the day to day hustle bustle, leaders often fail miserably when it comes to communicating their vision and, as important, in a way that helps those you’re working with determine where to focus their own efforts.  Oh, by the way, if you’re not running a company – you’re still a leader somewhere to someone!  How about your household?  How about your local club?  Get the idea?  Your value, for example, in a Network Marketing company (and thus, your check) is directly related to your ability to add value and lead.

So, here some are some key questions related to vision and priorities:

• How often to I communicate a vision for my business or life?
• Have I identified and communicated my top three priorities in order to achieve that vision?
• If someone was to ask my team members (employees, distributors, partners, Joint Venture partners, etc.), would they be able to clearly communicate the vision and priorities

Now, if your vision is not clear, there are zero strategies that will work and it will be virtually impossible to prioritize things correctly. 

Here’s a proper sequence for you to think through:

1. The Vision
2. The Strategy
3. Prioritize

For example, I am in the process of sprinting for a new rank advancement and have assembled a group of 5-6 leaders I believe can do the same in a big way and have communicated the vision.  Along with that vision we are all super clear on the strategy and priorities to execute and hold each other accountable.  Point is – 1, 2 and 3 are all necessary.  1 cannot go without 2 or 3…and 2 and 3 cannot go without 1.

A thought from Robert S. Kaplan:

A common pitfall in articulating a vision is a failure to boil it

Down to a manageable list of initiatives.  Culling the list involves

Thinking through and then making difficult choices and trade-off

Decisions.  These choices communicate volumes to your people

About how they should be spending their time.

We’ll continue our discussion on leadership in a few days…