Leadership and Business Growth

I wish Law #3 weren’t true but it is. 

“Leadership is learned daily, not in a day.” 

The tough truth is that there is no instant solution that will make you a great leader. You need to work on it every day by making personal development a part of your daily routine. 

This is the Law of the Process.

I was inspired by last week’s Law of the Lid message. As I shared being it was reinforced by Rich Lohman on our Mastermind 3.0 Leadership Zoom training.

So looking ahead, we are going to spend the following weeks diving into the 21 irrefutable laws of leadership by John Maxwell who is 1 of the world’s top leadership experts.

The #2 Law of Influence 

Myth:

Leadership is not management, entrepreneurship, knowledge or position.

Fact:

The true measure of leadership is influence – nothing more, nothing less.

How do you develop your influence? 

There are many ways and here are a few areas of focus:

You can create influence by developing your character, relationships, knowledge, intuition, experience, success, & ability.

The Law of the Lid.

Leadership Expert, John Maxwell defines the ​Law of the Lid​ this way:

“L​eadership ability is the lid that determines a person’s level of effectiveness. The higher an individual’s ability to lead, the higher the lid on his potential.”

The opposite is also true.

The morale of the story?

Develop your leadership skills, increase your lid, & increase your potential.

Being a leader is not about you.

It never has.

It never will be.

Leadership is about creating value to those you serve.

To be a more effective leader..

Fight the self-serving urge.

Instead..

Redirect that urge to your people.

Like a muscle, it will get easier with time.

This is leadership.

Happy Monday Mindset!🙌

I received this recently from my good friend Mike Zakarian, who is a Franchise Business Coach and Owner of a Fit Body location.

It was a wonderful message and wanted to pass it along so you received the value!💥

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“Hope you had a wonderful weekend.

In the computer science space, there’s a saying: Garbage in, garbage out.

It means that the quality of input = the quality of output.

I’m no computer science major but what I do know is that this is true in life and business! 

It’s simple…

Watch the news, and feel doom and gloom.

Hang with victims, feel like a victim.

Eat like crap, feel like crap.

You simply cannot show up as your best self with your family, team, and clients if you have garbage input.

If you want to change your life, it starts with controlling what you let into your mind! 

My challenge for you is to do an audit of all the input you’re taking everyday and make one change! 

Replace one thing with something positive and watch how much better you feel. 

Reply back with what input you’re changing!”

-Coach Bryce 

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Leadership is hard because your job as the leader is to help people, not to make them happy.

Let me explain..

Think about parenting, aka leading your child.

Your child wants candy.

Your child wants to stay up late.

Your child does not want to wear clothes or bathe.

Your child wants total chaos whenever they want it.

Am I right?

But by letting them do want they want..

Yes, that will make them happy in the moment. 

But I believe you would agree..

That’s not being a good parent or leading them well.

So here’s the tough reality.

Leading is about helping people.

And when you help people, many times they don’t like..

At least, it was at first.

It’s only as the process unfolds where this becomes apparent.

This is why leadership is hard.

So remember..

It’s your job as a leader to HELP PEOPLE, not to make them happy.

Being a leader means leading oneself first and foremost. It takes a tough and stoic mindset.

Below is one of my favorite pieces of leadership advice from 1 of the world’s greatest leaders in Jocko Willink, retired Navy Seal and author of “Extreme Ownership”.

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Jocko Willink “GOOD” (Official)

“When things are going bad, don’t get bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated.

If you can say the word “Good”. 

Guess what?

It means you’re still alive.

It means you’re still breathing.

And if you’re still breathing.

Well then hell, you got some fight left in you.

So get up. 

Dust off. 

Reload.

Recalibrate.

Re-engage.

And go out on the ATTACK.” 

– Jocko

The 5th and final lesson of the series to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale is below..

Communicate Clearly and Consistently

Clear and consistent communication is the ally of any great leader. Here are a few examples you can implement in your leadership. 

• Send a weekly mindset email
• Create a regular schedule of meetings
• Create a regular scheduled weekly mindset/leadership live on social media
• Build a consistent routine so your team and clients know when to expect you. 

These acts of rigorous consistency and communication will energize your team, build a strong culture, and create the incredible success you deserve.

The 4th lesson to Develop Leadership, Culture and Morale is below which will compound over the coming weeks.

Create a Culture of Feedback

This is absolutely critical to your building your leadership, morale, and culture. 

Don’t know where to start? 

Ask your team to listen to “Giving and Receiving Feedback Part 1 & 2” of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast which is included below. 

Collectively reflect on the episodes together which will provide the foundation to establishing a feedback culture which exposes weaknesses, and builds off strengths.

➡️Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 1 – Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast

➡️Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 2 – Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast

The 3rd lesson to Develop Leadership, Culture, and Morale is below which will compound over the coming weeks.

Invest in Relationships

Build strong relationships with your team and clients. Invest in & attend leadership training. Schedule monthly hang outs. Show more face time to your team whenever possible. Take your coaches’ boot camp sessions regularly. 

This builds bonds with your team, franchise partners, and clients.  Praise them often and really show them that you care through authentic recognition. 

We are in the people business first and foremost. The stronger your relationships equal the strong your culture, morale and business.