Self-Leadership | Finding the Leader in Me
Throughout my life, I have found the most effective way to lead is to lead from within. At its core, self-reflection is a humbling process. If you wish to lead others, you must first be able to lead yourself. My idea of leadership is that leadership efforts start internally. Everything rises and falls on one’s ability to put into practice those things you would ask of others. This not only requires self-awareness, but also self-discipline, which creates the foundation required to lead yourself effectively.
Sometimes, the hardest person to be truthful with is the one who lives inside our own minds. For me, this starts with a willingness to define factors that allow me to separate my internal narrative, the story I believe in my head, from a broader and more introspective truth. Recognizing that you have the power to control your mind, and how your mind then adjusts your response to situations, can be incredibly powerful. This is what separates those who thrive from those who simply survive in the business world.
Defining Your Own Core Principles
When considering my own leadership effectiveness, I focus on a few core principles. The first principle is to lead by example, because actions speak louder than words. Identify the importance of your actions. You should also understand that even if those actions line up with the words in your mind, no one else is hearing those words. Others will interpret them in their own way. You are responsible for those actions, and how they are interpreted. Leaders should inspire others to do the same.
Make Expectations Known and Demonstrate Accountability
The second principle is to communicate expectations and be accountable to others. In doing so, you can remind your colleagues of your organizations’ core values and mission statement. At Guarantee Restoration, our mission is to serve friends, family, and partners by delivering effective solutions, providing honest and dependable services while ensuring continuity for their lives and businesses. When you hold yourself accountable in communicating the expectation, this helps create your company culture, which will minimize confusion and yield growth for everyone.
Never Stop Creating New Relationships
When creating the leader within yourself, building relationships is vital. Successful leaders don’t focus on only protecting their domain, but instead, they expand on it by investing in mutually beneficial relationships. They associate themselves with lifters and other leaders, or the types of people that can broaden their sphere of influence. Not only for their own advancement, but that of others. Leaders share their successes to help build momentum for those around them.
Highest Standards for Yourself
Finally, you must set higher standards for yourself than you do for everyone around you. You must hold yourself accountable to those standards if you want to find the leader within. At times, we will all fall short and fail to meet our standards. However, success is not so much about the position that one has reached in life, but about the obstacles which he has overcome.
Team of Leaders
At GRS, our team is made up of more than 160 dedicated professionals. From our technicians to our executive team, we strive to find individuals that exhibit self-leadership traits daily. Oftentimes, this gives us the opportunity to promote from within. By doing this, we continue to grow each day.
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