A crown, a title, the leader of the pack. The check you receive for work well done. Your crown may be financial, it may be filled with facets of growing others, it may look like having more freedom or choices than you had before. It could look like leading others to more choices in their own lives or supporting others. All leadership involves knowing who you are, who you are not and why that matters. Each stage of success is focused on the role you are learning and engaging. Some of the smallest, easiest tasks, such as communicating a date are as important as setting up for an event. Are you ready to take the lead in your organization?
Often the reward is focused by the media, in the pictures, and as a mountain top experience. Leaders know that the celebrations for the rewards of their labors are important. Those celebrations take time to identify and create space to celebrate that individuals or a team chose to learn. However true celebration is living a daily life that involves succeeding each sunset with a series of daily successes that consistently produce small results that lead to a big life. Success is a series of learning processes. Each time you set a goal, you are truly saying “What does it take to achieve that?” The successful goal setter then sets up a series of SMART goals. Specific, Measureable, Actions oriented. Repeatable and Time specific processes that not only can THEY learn and accomplish, but those following them can as well. Are you identifying the role your leadership levels require? If you as leader always do everything, how will your followers and team members learn to take on the roles of leadership? Are you intentional about supporting your own success and the success of others? It often looks a good bit like communicating, sharing goals, setting calendar deadlines and challenges, rewarding EFFORT not just outcomes so that there will be more outcomes from effort!
Leaders achieve their goals. They realize that their visions have room to stretch and grow. They know their processes may expand or simplify, but most of all, they take their roles seriously. They establish strong, repeatable processes and systems as well as boundaries so that the passion for the crown doesn’t destroy the kingdom in the process. Each of us are called to lead from where we are, to live our roles well and to keep growing as we go, after all leaders take the lead!
