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7 steps to becoming a better leader
1. Follow leaders who you look up to
This is sort of like writers following the writers they admire. If you’re following true leaders, then you’ll have a lot to learn from them in order to become a better leader yourself.
Take Action: Pick out2,3 or even4 leaders who you admire – either for their speaking abilities, their expertise in a particular industry or niche, their ability to teach others who can learn from their mistakes – and read their articles, follow their speaking engagements and check out their presence on social media and within online communities. You’ll soon find that leaders have an effective way of getting out there and being seen and heard.
2. Practice the things that make you uncomfortable
A lot of you who want to become better leaders probably know exactly what it takes to get there, but the reason you’re not a better leader right now is that you’re scared of those things.
These things might include becoming a better speaker, building stronger relationships, taking yourself out of your comfort zone for travel and other engagements… Guess what? All of these things will help you become a better leader.
Take Action: Start practicing those things that make you uncomfortable with a mentor or friend. Before you know it, you’ll not only become better at doing these things, you might actually grow to like them!
Anything that makes you uncomfortable WILL make you stronger after you’ve achieved it.
3. Tell yourself every day that you’re a leader (and believe it!)
You love staying on the negative side of things, right? You’re not good enough at this, or strong enough at that. It’s comforting to know these things because it means you can’t fail. How can you fail at something you’re not even good at in the first place?
If you already know you can’t do it, then it won’t be a surprise when you don’t.
To become a leader, you have to believe that you are a leader, and then start ACTING like one.
Take Action: Look at yourself in the mirror, and tell yourself every day that you are a leader.
4. Learn something new about your expertise, industry or niche every day
I don’t care what expertise you have, or what industry or niche you’re in; these days, things are changing by the minute.
In order to maintain your leadership level and your expertise – your ability to teach people things that will keep them from making the same mistakes you did – you need to stay on top of the changes that are happening around you.
Take Action: Do keyword searches for words and phrases that are trending in your business world. Then, find relevant articles, writers and publications who keep up with the latest and greatest and add them to your Feedly, (or whatever platform you use to track your favorite feeds). This way, you’ll be able to go to a single source for updates relevant to your industry or niche.
5. Gather resources you use and that you would recommend to others
If you’re being looked at as an authority figure by others, then you better believe you’re the one those people will be looking to for resources and advice. This is why it’s important to have a collection of resources that you not only have used and believe in yourself, but that you also feel strongly about recommending to others.
Take Action: Every time you use a new resource or tool, take notes on your experience with it. Once you have an ongoing list of resources, you can start to build out a resources page on your site to share with your followers.
Note: Your credibility depends on these recommendations, so choose wisely.
6. Read
In addition to following leaders who you look up to, and learning something new about your expertise, industry or niche every day, it’s also important to read, read, read!
Business books abound, proven by our list of The Top10 Business Books recommended by today’s top entrepreneurs, and in every one of these business books you’ll be introduced to new strategies, new ideas, new resources and new inspiration. Keep the mind at work!
Take Action: Make a list of the top5 business books you want to read, and set a date that you want to have them finished by. Then, hold yourself accountable to that date.
7. Build and grow your relationships
Building and growing your relationships will no doubt,100% help you become a better leader. The more connected you are, the more people you have to bounce ideas off from and share feedback with, the better off you’ll be.
I can’t think of a single leader who “went at it alone”. You need support and motivation, those who will hold you accountable and who will act as a sounding board for feedback and recommendations.
Take Action: Write down10 names of people who you feel that – either by building or growing upon your relationship – both of you would benefit. Then, reach out to those people and connect. If they’re in your geographical area, then try to set a time to meet for coffee. If they aren’t in your geographical area, then send them a note and ask how things are going with their business, and whether or not there is anything you can do to help. You can also see if these people are planning to attend any upcoming conferences or speeches, and try to connect with them in person if you’ll be in the same place at the same time.
Good answers. I would add too, that in order to be a great leader you should believe in yourself, in your capabilities... Learn more about other successful leaders, adopt your leadership style.. work on it... Build your style !
Self development with lot of humility and humbleness.
The best resource I believe will help is Al-sīra al-Nabawiyya (Prophetic biography). Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) is the best leader ever, from him you can learn allot.
The first step is to know you better. If you don`t, try to do a360 analysis. Ask you boss, colleagues and employees to evaluate you. Explain the importance of it because only with their help you will be able to improve.
Best resource for a leader to become better is a Advanced Learning from a leading management institutes to focuses on becomeing better leader. There, one may be able to learn willingly to unlearn undesirable to become better one and of course insightful learning of succeeded leaders one may not know about.
I fully agree with the answers been added by EXPERTS................Thanks.
Nobody can be a great leader just by reading or going through great write ups or books. You have to look around yourself and learn how people, leaders behave to different situations, what are the outcomes, learn the good things, put them in to practice and try to make those things a part of life.
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