Hi leaders. I was just reading this book, John Maxwell’s Laws of Leadership. I’m sharing this with you, but don’t feel like you can’t get this book; it’s a great book on leadership. This chapter is called The Law of the Picture.
When you think about a picture, it’s what you see. So as coaches we need to be doing what we want our teams to be doing. We need to inviting, if we want our team to be inviting. There are a few parts in here that I want to touch on.
One is a quote by John Woodin saying, “Show me what you can do, don’t tell me what you can do.” That’s our teams looking at us, they are asking us to show them. We can talk about inviting, we can talk about the three vitals, but if we’re not doing those things then we aren’t teaching and modeling for them. There’s a few things we want to remember as leaders:
Our followers are always watching you, we know that.
It’s easier to teach what’s right, then to do what’s right. Yes, it’s easier to tell your teams “Be doing these things, if you want to build your business,” but you have to doing it and that’s the harder of the two.
We should work on changing ourselves before trying to change others. That makes sense with anything in life. If we want someone else to improve, we need to improve ourselves first.
Here it says “Leaders are responsible for the performance of their people, the buck stops with them.” They accordingly monitor their peoples progress, give them direction, and hold them accountable. This comes back to keeping your coaches engaged. We’re asking them how they’re doing, and we’re seeing where they’re at, and we give them suggestions on what to do/give them direction, and then we hold them accountable. So we say, “Here’s your goal. I recommend..” I always try to reword it so that I’m not saying it’s my goal for you, but it’s their goal and what I challenge them to do. Then I follow up with them to hold them accountable and that’s a part of helping your team.
“The most valuable gift a leader can give is being a good example.” That is common sense; to set the example and do what you’re asking your teams to do. If you’re applying this law, you’re improving yourself, then turning around and being that picture that they’re looking at.
“How do I train my new coaches?” Let me look at Brittany and see what she’s doing.
“How do I invite?” Let me look at Brittany and see what she’s doing.
“How do I post?” Let me look at Brittany and see what she’s doing.
I’m not saying that I’m perfect, but for me leading my team I need to be doing those things. Whether it’s perfect or not, I need to be that picture of a successful and actively building coach, if I’m teaching my coaches to build.
I thought I would share this with you, because it was a great chapter. And I recommend getting this book and studying it. It’s like a workbook that will ask you questions at the end of each chapter.
You are a leader and remember that, whether you have one coach or you have thirty coaches. You are an example to them. Be that picture of what a coach should be doing each day!
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