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The Law of The Picture

People Do What People See

The Leaders effective modeling of the vision makes the picture come alive! The mission provides the purpose, the vision provides the picture, and the strategy provides the plan. Author Hans Finzel stated, “Leaders are paid to be dreamers. The higher you go in leadership, the more your work is about the future.

If you desire to be the best leader that you can become, you cannot ignore the Law of The Picture. As you strive for mastery remember these four insights.

Followers Are Always Watching What You Do

Followers may doubt what their leaders says, but they usually believe what they do. General Colin Powell observed, that you can issue all of the memos and give all of the motivational speeches you want, but until people see you put forth your best, they will not either.

It’s Easier To Teach What’s Right Than Do What’s Right

Mark Twain stated to do what is right is wonderful. To teach what is right is even more wonderful and much easier. Norman Vincent Peale stated, “nothing is more confusing that people who give good advise but set a bad example.” In other words Leaders tell but never teach until they practice what they preach.

We Should Work on Changing Ourselves Before Trying To Improve Others

As leaders the first person that I need to lead is myself. The first person I should try to change is myself. My standards of excellence should be higher for myself than those I set for others. To remain a credible leader I must work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself.

The Most Valuable Gift That A Leader Can Give Is Being A Good Example

The number one characteristic quality most admired in leaders is that they lead by example. Following behind this quality by 7% is a leaders ethics and morals, followed by 9% is a leaders business knowledge. Do you get the idea that leaders lead first.

The Law of Buy-In

People Buy Into The Leader, Then The Vision

The leader finds a dream then the people. The people find a leader then the vision. The truth of the matter is that people follow worthy causes and then follow leaders who promote those worthy causes. Consider the following:

LEADER  +          VISION  =            RESULTS

Don’t Buy In       Don’t Buy In        Get Another Leader

Don’t Buy In        Buy In                 Get Another Leader

Buy In                  Don’t Buy In       Get Another Vision

Buy In                  Buy In                  Get Behind The Leader

As leaders your success is measured by your ability to actually take people where they need to go. But you can only do that if people buy into you first.

The Law of Victory

Leaders Find A Way For The Team To Win

Victorious leaders possess an unwillingness to accept defeat. The alternative to winning is totally unacceptable to them.

Winston Churchill once declared; “What is our aim? I can answer in one word: VICTORY! – victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.” There are three components of Victory.

UNITY OF VISION

Teams succeed only when the players have a unified vision, no matter how much talent or potential there is.

DIVERSITY OF SKILLS

A Team does not win a championship if its players are working from different agendas. No Business succeeds with just sales without accountants, or non-profits succeeding as fund-raisers without visionary purpose. Diverse talent is needed to succeed. The difference maker is that we are pulling in the same visionary pathway.

A LEADER DEDICATED TO VICTORY

Lou Holtz stated, “You have got to have great athletes to win. I don’t care who the coach is. You can’t win without good athletes, but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.” In other words you always must have good leadership insure victory!

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