True leadership is not about winning. It's about the people you bring with you to the finish line.
Congratulations! Your outstanding performance in the workplace has earned you the right to lead others because you have proven yourself in the trenches.
And therein lies the paradox. Instead of continuing to prove yourself, you must now learn to give to become a leader your team will follow.
To become a leader worth following you must first start by shifting your perspective and begin to formulate new habits. Something to Give walks you through this journey, making in you a leader worth following. Building on the Pattern for Excellence(TM) this leadership book will take you through the eight Ps of leadership:
- PURPOSE: Understanding what it means as well as why it is important in leadership to have something to give over something to prove.
- PATTERN: Defining the principles that guide your leadership habits.
- PRINCIPLES: Discovering the truths at the heart of those principles.
- PERFORMANCE: Becoming one with the Pattern for Excellence as a leader-a representation of its meaning.
- PREPARATION: Begin to practice service mindedness and giving over proving, even in the most uncertain times.
- PERSISTENCE: Confronting as well as pushing through the inevitable obstacles and difficulties that will stand in your way.
- PATIENCE: Showing meekness and understanding while learning the power of delayed gratifi cation.
- PERFECT: Experiencing what it means to feel complete in your journey to become a leader worth following.
Lasting change starts from the top. No one on your team will follow your lead if you are not living the change you want to see in them. Something to Give will show you how to bring your people with you to the finish line!
