5 LIMITING FACTORS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP GROWTH
Do you ever feel as though your leadership growth has plateaued, despite your best efforts and ongoing experience?
This is not uncommon, however I have found common themes that create this limitation in leadership growth. I have identified five pivotal limiting factors that often remain unnoticed, yet significantly impede leaders from developing and being able to effectively guide their families, workplaces, and communities.
Many leaders fail to identify these covert obstacles, or, ignore them, which then reduces their capacity to bring positive change to their people and environment.
Neglecting to recognize these issues stops us from addressing them, resulting in stagnation and a failure to continue growing.
Identifying these five critical issues impact on our own leadership is the essential first step to addressing them and continue to move toward our leadership potential.
Ive described them below, and in the FREE PDF download Ive also included suggested strategies and insights to overcome them, so feel free to grab your copy here.
1. INCORRECT CONCEPTS AND MOTIVATIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF A LEADER
The contamination of self-focused mindsets and ambition can distort our leadership endeavours.
This can lead to self-centred leadership, distortion of priorities and the hindering of team success.
2. INSUFFICIENT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TO FULFILL THE LEADERSHIP MANDATE
Personal immaturity can limit our capacity to sustain effective leadership
Without a strong moral compass and integrity, leaders struggle to build trust, inspire others, uphold values, and sustain long-term effectiveness in their leadership
roles.
3. A LACK, OR REFUSAL OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR LEADERSHIP
Deception regarding the quality of our leadership can infiltrate our perspective.
Without honest feedback, leaders can develop false confidence and poor self- awareness, becoming oblivIous to their weaknesses, blind spots and impact on others.
4. THE ABSENCE OR DISCONNECTION FROM ACCURATE ROLE MODELS
Inaccurate patterns are reproduced from preceding examples.
Without a positive, healthy ‘point- of-truth’ to draw from, leaders can lose direction or copy negative examples they are exposed to.
5. LIMITED OPPORTUNITY OR UNWILLINGNESS TO ASSUME LEADERSHIP ROLES
Individual growth stagnates without suitable challenge and practical experiences.
Without actively engaging in leadership roles, leaders may miss valuable opportunities for skill development, personal learning and the cultivation of key leadership competencies.
SUMMARY
We have examined 5 issues that can singularly or collectively limit our leadership growth:
- Misconceptions about leadership
- Insufficient character development
- Averse reaction to or lacking honest feedback
- Absence of credible role models
- Avoiding or limited practical leadership opportunity.
These factors play a crucial role in determining the overall effectiveness and potential of our role as leaders.
Addressing these aspects through the suggested actions provided is vital to cultivate essential leadership qualities, and maximize our impact as leaders within our respective spheres of influence.
You can grab this guide and get access to the suggested actions to overcome these leadership limitations in the FREE GUIDE here
Best wishes, and keep leading!
Who are the greatest leaders?
Its a good question, and it's why Ive created this one page FREE download for you.
One of the recent trends in the world of leadership is the concept of the 'servant-leader'.
It describes leaders as servants - to those around them, those above them, and the vision they are pursuing. Its a stark contrast to the self-focused leader who uses people and their position to promote themselves.
Research tells us that employees experience an 82% higher job satisfaction, 25% decrease in turnover and 17% productivity increase when led by a servant-leader.
But, what sort of leader are you? Are you unintentionally creating a negative impact on your team because you dont realise the impact a servant-leader approach can have?
To help you understand the different impact a 'self-focused' vs 'servant' leader has, you can grab your FREE copy here.
So whats's the answer to the question...who are the greatest leaders?
Robert Greenleaf, founder of the Greenleaf Centre for Servant-Leadership answers this when he says... 'the greatest servants, make the greatest leaders'.
NEW COURSE COMING SOON!
The PDF download in this email is part of an online course Im developing about servant-leadership.
It will show you the 4 critical actions you need to take to be an effective servant-leader and create a positive impact on team culture and performance.
You can give me some feedback about the topics you would find most valuable by answering a few questions here and you can stay in the loop of when the course goes live by registering your interest here
AUDIOBOOK RELEASE DATE...
Ive also been testing my skills in the recording booth lately, and, turns out I dont have many!
But I am currently recording the audio version of my bestselling book, Leadership Upgrade.
So if you're a listener rather than a reader, or have some travel time in your weekly schedule, press play and take me with you! You can pre-register for your copy here.
Hope you enjoy the free PDF download!
Stay well, and keep leading!
Michael
Hello there!
It's been a while since I've been in touch,
Ive had my head-down developing some new content so have been something of a hermit during that time!
(sure, I know you missed me)
WHATS NEWS?
Life is busy, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
One of the biggest issues I see is leaders who invest their life's effort into their work, home or community and build a great work, only to see it all vanish quickly.
Either their leadership impact stops when they leave, it crumbles under the pressure of difficult circumstances, or the rapid success they achieve isn't sustainable, and doesn't stand the test of time.
This is a tragic situation.
3 LEADERSHIP KEYS
TO BUILD AN ENDURING WORK
IN TURBULENT TIMES
~ How to lead so your
team & legacy lasts ~
I believe that if you apply these insights, it will help in our shared journey towards effective leadership, especially in today's uncertain and ever-changing environment.
TILL NEXT TIME!
Looking forward to staying in touch and sharing some more power-packed material to support your leadership journey.
Keep an eye on your inbox for the latest, and I'll be in touch again soon.
Until then...Keep Leading!
Michael
