| There are Three Facts of Leadership. If we | | | | organization and your team can't wait. You need to |
| understand these facts then our influence has the | | | | start leading today...and learn as you lead. None of us |
| opportunity to grow. And when our influence grows so | | | | will ever know all there is to leadership. It is a continual |
| does our effectiveness as leaders. | | | | growing process. We can't wait till we know all there is |
| THREE FACTS OF LEADERSHIP | | | | to leadership or we will do absolutely nothing. We must |
| 1. One person can make a difference | | | | become influential today and grow throughout our |
| 2. Start leading today | | | | leadership journey. |
| 3. The office doesn't make the person | | | | Fact Number Three: The Office doesn't make the |
| Fact Number One: One Person Can Make a | | | | Person |
| Difference | | | | Leadership is not about the corner office. Have you |
| This is probably not a new saying to you, but what | | | | ever worked for someone who thought it was? They |
| pictures came to your mind when you read that | | | | were more concerned with their promotion, their |
| statement? If you are like many people, it was pictures | | | | prestige, and there accolades. In the process, they lost |
| of Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Jr, Mother Theresa, | | | | their team (and many times their customers) as a |
| Ghandi, and many others. However, do you see | | | | result. |
| someone missing from that list? I do. That someone is | | | | Now, please don't misunderstand me, I have no |
| YOU! | | | | problem with comfortable offices and a comfortable |
| Mother Theresa didn't go out to become a saint, she | | | | work environment. In fact, I am actually for it. But we |
| went out to save one dieing person. She was walking | | | | must not put the cart before the horse. Today, my |
| down the street and saw a person dieing in a gutter. | | | | family's company, the Bright Corp. has a comfortable |
| She said to herself, "That is not right. Everyone should | | | | work environment and the executives have nice |
| die with dignity." And the rest they say is history. Great | | | | offices. But it wasn't always that way. My dad and my |
| leaders, great physicians, sales champions, and | | | | uncle made sure the horse came before the cart and |
| consultants figure out how their influence can touch a | | | | now the company has the resources to support that |
| life and by doing that their influence may touch | | | | type of environment. They were more concerned with |
| hundreds, thousands, and maybe even millions of lives. | | | | helping their team succeed and serving their customers |
| So, the question is where can your leadership grow to | | | | then they were about having a cushy sofa and a |
| make a bigger difference then you are today? You | | | | picture window in their office. As a result of this wise |
| are probably making a difference, but how can your | | | | decision, they don't have a revolving door for their |
| leadership grow? You make a difference and people | | | | team or worst yet for their customers. Their team has |
| need you! | | | | tremendous loyalty. They have team members that |
| Fact Number Two: Start Leading Today | | | | have worked for the Bright Corp. for over twenty |
| Many times, young leaders for example will say, "I'm | | | | years. They have customers that also go that far |
| not ready to lead. I will wait till I read that leadership | | | | back. How rare is that? |
| book, or go to that seminar, or learn that skill, etc...." | | | | Very!!! Focus on your team and focus on your |
| Now, those are all important things and I encourage | | | | customers and the rest will take care of itself. |
| them but the truth of the matter is that your | | | | |