Fearless Tips

Over the span of my corporate career, I learned that as a leader, it sometimes is a significant challenge to get your team to share your passion and desire to ramp it up and take it to the next level. You can sometimes end up in a fierce struggle to either push them or pull them over the goal line. Neither of those approaches were my first choice, although I did have to do some of both. It sometimes ends up that we settle for something less or worse – and we give up trying to lead and end up just managing.

The scope of the projects I was asked to lead were significant – i.e. creating regional service centers; consolidating operations; launching new product lines. Regardless of the scope or size of the project, the steps needed to “lead” were identical to those to be followed in smaller projects. When mentoring other executives, these steps always found their way into our discussions on leadership and ways to effectively boost team performance. These same discussions have relevance today as I coach business owners on what they need to do to lead their team. Here are the five key steps you should be taking to lead – (more…)