Preparation for effective leadership begins with 5 simple rules
As written in this article by the author Glenn Llopis, Preparation is the key to evolution. A leader’s responsibility is to help their organization and the people they serve to grow and prosper. When leaders fail, it’s highly attributable to their lack of preparation. Preparation demands accountability and is an individual responsibility with so many interdependent factors.
Glenn shows us five things we should consider in order to prepare more effectively as a leader:
1. Never stop being accountable – leadership is not about you, it’s about others. Being prepared for the unexpected is what you are being held accountable for as a leader. Don’t let the unexpected stop you, but continually think and move forward
2. Pause and pay attention to your employees: as a leader you must broaden your ovservation of the things that are happening around you. Many time employees may not tell if they need additional support, more tools, better resources or assistance. It is very important to know what is really happening with your employees, their state of mind and other requirements.
3. Improve your approach to problem solving – great leaders learn how to use their strengths to better prepare themselves for how to solve problems proactively and most efficiently. Preparation allows you to save time and money to solve the problems and be better decision makers.
4. Listen carefully – as a leader, listening allows you to prepare more intently and solve for things that you are otherwise couldn’t if you were only listening to yourself. When leaders listen, they can prepare much better
5. Allow failure to guide you rightly – when we know why something didn’t worked or failed in execution, we can prepare better to avoid future hardships. Failure is our guide to success and the trigger that forces you to become more diligent about overall approach to better preparation.
Preparation can never guarantee success, but the lack of preparation can certainly increase your
Glenn shows us five things we should consider in order to prepare more effectively as a leader:
1. Never stop being accountable – leadership is not about you, it’s about others. Being prepared for the unexpected is what you are being held accountable for as a leader. Don’t let the unexpected stop you, but continually think and move forward
2. Pause and pay attention to your employees: as a leader you must broaden your ovservation of the things that are happening around you. Many time employees may not tell if they need additional support, more tools, better resources or assistance. It is very important to know what is really happening with your employees, their state of mind and other requirements.
3. Improve your approach to problem solving – great leaders learn how to use their strengths to better prepare themselves for how to solve problems proactively and most efficiently. Preparation allows you to save time and money to solve the problems and be better decision makers.
4. Listen carefully – as a leader, listening allows you to prepare more intently and solve for things that you are otherwise couldn’t if you were only listening to yourself. When leaders listen, they can prepare much better
5. Allow failure to guide you rightly – when we know why something didn’t worked or failed in execution, we can prepare better to avoid future hardships. Failure is our guide to success and the trigger that forces you to become more diligent about overall approach to better preparation.
Preparation can never guarantee success, but the lack of preparation can certainly increase your