1. Great leaders empower others
- Provide your employees with the vision, tools, systems and knowledge to succeed. Praise their success and help them through their challenges.
2. Great leaders follow The Golden Rule
- Treat others as you wish to be treated, no questions, no excuses, no exceptions.
3. Great leaders lead by example
- Always conduct yourself in a way that you would want your team to emulate.
4. Great leaders listen
- Try to spend more of your time listening to your team, your employees, your customers, your spouse and your kids. They are a wealth of knowledge.
5. Great leaders trust but verify
- It is extremely important to trust the team you have in place but it is equally important to verify the results and feedback you receive.
In his best selling book “Good to Great” Jim Collins wrote the following about great leaders.
The great leader looks in the mirror and takes personal responsibility when things are not going well, but has the ability to look out the window and give praise and credit to others when things are going great.
The great leader always gives credit to others for his or her success.
