Leadershift

Leadershift will show you how to become a great leader by identifying the need to constantly improve your mindset and methods and showing you what to do so that you can make the biggest impact on your team and your organization.

Although the attitude of “climbing the ladder” doesn’t help others much, it is necessary to get ahead if you want to help others. Strive to be in the top 10% of your field. This sets you apart and ensures that you’ll have plenty to teach.

You need to begin by shifting your mentality about your experience. It’s not a badge of honor, but rather a well from which you can draw lessons from to help others.

The best leaders, according to Kevin Myers, the leader of 12Stone church, are those that desire more for their people than they expect of them.

If you want to help your people reach their full potential you need to learn the art of mentoring. It begins with you choosing who you want to mentor. You don’t have unlimited time, so you need to decide well.

Start by asking yourself some vital questions. Are the people you’re considering for mentoring really hungry to learn? If they’re the kind of people that say “I’ll find a way” instead of “maybe there’s a way but I don’t know,” then you’re on the right track.

Next, question whether the individuals have real potential to become leaders themselves. They’re going to have a lot of influence, and you want to make sure it’s good.

After finding the right people to mentor, consistently give them small nuggets of wisdom from your well of experience. Then, let them have options for pathways to develop their skills.

This is a truth that Maxwell discovered while visiting the locker room of the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team. Their coach, Pat Summitt, was well-known for her success. It’s half-time and the players are coming into the room. Rather than going right to Summitt to learn from her, they huddle together at a whiteboard. They ask themselves three questions: What went well? What didn’t go well? What are we going to change? Once the team finishes discussing, they then turn to Summit with a report and also seeking her counsel. Instead of lecturing them, she connects with them by listening. It would have been easy for the coach to assume what the team needed and just speak it to them in the locker room. But instead, she sought to understand their perspectives and needs with questions and listening. Summitt connected rather than directed, and you need to learn this skill too. Practice asking the right questions and active listening and you’ll be…