Great leaders are not concerned with getting all the credit, praise or recognition. Many times they side step the praise and allow someone within their organization to receive the praise because they know the long-term benefit of building a person’s self-confidence. They put people in places where they can win, share the spotlight with them, and purposefully direct other people’s attention to the positive actions of their people.
Create “WINS” for People
People need to feel good about themselves. They need an opportunity to win. Great leaders know this and intentionally place people in places where they can win. They allow them to attend meetings to receive awards on behalf of the organization, instead of doing it themselves. They put them on teams that are working on important and potentially successful projects. Great leaders create wins for their people.
Redirect the Spotlight to People
Great leaders introduce their people to others as a vital part of the team, and emphasize the contributions that person is making. They de-emphasize their own accomplishments and spotlight the accomplishments of the people in the organization. Mediocre leaders are more concerned with building their own name. They have a hunger for power, praise, and position that is usually a result of a poor self-image. Great leaders realize that the better a person feels, the better they perform, and the better they perform, the greater the results of the organization, which is the ultimate goal of great leaders.
JP Maroney specializes in helping companies create entrepreneurial corporate cultures where people at every level think and act like owners, and accept personal responsibility for the organization’s success. http://www.JPMaroney.com
