It’s not enough to build a strong team.
Strong, effective leaders deliver sustainable growth results by investing in and challenging their team to excel together. Recruit the right people and create a healthy environment to foster earnest collaboration, individual development, and team excellence. Leaders build the strategy and drive tactics to deliver successful business outcomes. It is easy to let your calendar be dominated only by team focused activities. Long hours tethered to non-stop technology acts like a bungie pulling you back in. This focus on the team is important, but not to the exclusion of caring for the leader’s development. Unfortunately, dedicated time for personal development is what is missing from far too many leader’s calendars.
All professionals need development.
In the mirror, this strong, inspiring leader has questions too. Personal growth as a leader is a lifelong journey. Like any professional, effective leaders take pause from their busy schedule to sharpen their skills. Top athletes, musicians, artists seek out coaches and dedicate considerable time refining their craft. Even top executives practice, address their blind spots, and confront their own obstacles.
While we have all heard “practice makes perfect”, it takes more than just practice. If you practice poor habits, you miss the opportunity to improve with every stroke, sprint, and breath. How you do what you do, and how you work to improve the art of what you do as a leader drives quality of your outcomes. Investing in your personal development creates the opportunity to discover and release the best version of yourself. The best part … it is never too late to start. Take the lead on your own development.
You own your personal development
My greatest passion and enjoyment is developing others to envision and achieve their full potential, the best versions of themselves. I have spent countless hours studying, reading and attending seminars to expand my perspective and knowledge. The most meaningful and transformational time I’ve have spent has been learning more about myself and how I can improve what I do as a leader. I invite you to join me in that journey. You may be starting a new role or be tenured in your position. It starts with your personal development and discovering who you can become.
