No leader will ever be perfect. There’s always room for improvement.
And any wise leader will tell you they’re always looking for ways to improve.
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Those same wise leaders will also tell you there are actions they take on a daily basis that makes them lead better.
They nice thing about these actions, they’re simple things you can do. You just have to implement them.
4 Actions To Lead Better
- Listen: Great leaders know there is power in listening to others. Shutting your mouth and opening your ears can pay great dividends.
When you listen, you’ll hear your team tell you what’s not working in the organization or areas that can be improved. When you listen to your customers, you’ll hear new product ideas and pain points you can attend to.
Listening opens up new possibilities to your leadership. Open your ears and hear the difference.
- Dream: Have you ever been around a leader who doesn’t dream? If you have, you know that there’s not a lot of enthusiasm for the future.
The non-dreaming leader can’t see the exciting possibilities that lay ahead. And that rubs off on their team.
By dreaming, and going, big, leaders create momentum in their organizations. They get people excited for the future.
Start dreaming today!
- Learn: We all know that leaders are learners. They’re constantly taking in new information and processing it so they can apply it to their lives.
While it’s easy to see others doing this, we have to remind ourselves to continue to stretch our minds.
Pick up a good book this week. Attend a seminar on a topic you’re interested in. Sign up for a college course.
Grow your knowledge and grow yourself.
- Reward: The last action I want to talk about is Rewarding.
Oh, how important rewarding others is when you’re leading.
Whether the people you lead are paid or helping you on a volunteer basis, when you take the time to reward them in a special way, it speaks volumes.
Rewarding tells others that you see what they’re doing and that they’re doing a good job. It reaches down and touches them.
Find ways to reward your people today. Give a gift card to Starbucks and a date night package for them and their spouse.
Show your team you care.
It doesn’t take a lot to be a great leader. But it does take intention.
Listening, dreaming, learning, and rewarding are simple tasks. They really are.
And you can do them.
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