After 20/20 Vision, getting the Team to play “Follow the Leader” February 5, 2007
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Thoughts on getting your team to follow the Leader…
- People follow leaders they know
- Second-mile leaders produce second-mile followers
- People follow leaders they trust.
- “I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” — Thomas Paine
- Too many people think that they’ll change their behavior once their leadership role demands it. On the contrary, true leaders will act today the way they would tomorrow, regardless of their role or position.
Getting the Team to 20/20 Vision February 5, 2007
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Thoughts on helping a group rally behind a vision…
Reasons why people fail to adopt a worthy vision:
- They didn’t help create it. Participation increases ownership. When you’re an owner, you see things differently. (How many people have ever waxed a rental car?)
- They don’t understand it. When asked what he thought the leader’s role was in an organization, one man said “You have to act like a 3rd-grade teacher. You have to repeat the vision over and over again until the people get it. And if the leader is really wise, they will communicate it in many ways, in many settings, using many methods.”
- They don’t agree with it.
- They don’t know the vision. Growing businesses often hire new employees but have nothing in place to make sure that they know and ebmrace the vision. Every organization needs a built-in process for passing on the vision.
- They feel unneeded to achieve it. 3 kinds of leaders…1) “We’re going to do this with or without you”, 2) “We sure would like you to help us do this”, 3) “We can’t do this without you”. Guess which one is most successful…
- They aren’t ready for it.
If you can help them overcome each of these challenges, they’ll get behind the vision and start pushing right along.
