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ONLY LEADERS CAN DEVELOP OTHER PEOPLE TO BECOME LEADERS!

Nobody understands leadership until he or she does it…

• It takes a leader to KNOW a leader (Recruiting & Positioning)
• It takes a leader to SHOW a leader (Modeling & Equipping)
• It takes a leader to GROW a leader (Developing, Empowering, & Measuring)

If you desire to make the most of People Development at level 4 and you desire to raise others to lead, then this podcast will focus upon 7 guidelines to accomplish that goal.

RECRUITING – Finding The Best People Possible

Bobby Bowden stated that you get the best players and coach them soundly, you are going to win. Coach Bowden’s statement reveals a leadership axiom; You cannot develop people without potential no matter how hard you work at it.

POSITIONING – Placing the Right People in The Right Places

Red Auerbach, famous NBA Coach with 16 championships shared that putting the best 5 players he has on the court is not the key to success. It is putting the best 5 players on the court who can work together will bring success. This requires positioning people, moving people around until you have that mix for winning. As a leader you must remember that positioning people is a process and you have to treat it that way. If you choose not to, you will never help people reach their potential and you will never create a team of championship caliber.

MODELING – Showing Others How To Lead

Here are six characteristics for modeling leadership:

• Authenticity – This is the foundation for developing people.
• Servanthood – This is the soul for developing people.
• Growth – This is the measurement for developing people.
• Excellence – This is the standard for developing people.
• Passion – This is the fuel for developing people.
• Success – This is the purpose for developing people.

EQUIPPING – Helping Others Do Their Job Well

It is not enough to tell people what people what they need to do. That is not developing potential. Instead a leader must help people do their jobs and do it well. Peter Drucker stated the largest single source of failed promotion is the failure to think through and help others to think through what a new job requires.

DEVELOPING – Teaching Them To Do Life Well

One of the common recurring themes that leaders from across America say is, how talented people in their 20’s are and how few life skills they possess. Some have suggested the breakdown of the family and a lack of strong fathers being present as part of the problem. The Greek Philosopher Socrates states, “The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.” This process requires assessment, challenging, and supporting.

EMPOWERING – Enabling People To Succeed

President Theodore Roosevelt stated once, “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done and self restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” I must admit that it is hard not to meddle. Yet releasing work to be done by others is an essential link to empowerment and and ultimately developing them as leaders.

MEASURING – Evaluating Those Whom You Develop to Maximize Their Efforts

The Center for Organizational Effectiveness in Cincinnati, Ohio suggests there are different degrees of ability when it comes to empowerment, based upon how independently a team member can work. Here are six areas by which this is determined:

• Look into it. Report. I’ll decide what to do.
• Look into it. Report alternatives with pros and cons and your recommendations.
• Look into it. Let me know what you intend to do and do it unless I say no.
• Take action. Let me know what you did.
• Take action. No further contact required.

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