Everyone can learn to influence others – but great leaders have paid the price to become. If you are in a leadership role, then your superiors decided that you should be there because of what you have done, what you are doing, and what they see you doing in the future: Your Potential.
There has been a lot of research on leader behavior. Leadership has been studied from the historical point of view (studying leaders of the past), psychological point of view (studying traits and personality types) and behavioral point of view (studying what leaders do).
I have found it is as important to discover who leaders are: their character, attitudes, beliefs and levels of commitment.
Leadership is intensely human, and it does not easily fit into categories or boxes. Leaders have nothing but themselves to work with – they rise to the top in spite of their weaknesses and circumstances. They are their own raw material.
You have to know what you are made of and what you want to make of yourself. In order to do that, you have to engage in some kind of reflection. By doing that, your developmental needs will be clear and you can then decide on what learning choices you need to set into motion.
In the next blog, I’ll cover some of the big detailers that are still causing high potential individuals to crash and burn in their career.
What areas are you pursuing in personal growth? What about your peers?
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