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Step 5 to becoming a great leader


7 Steps to becoming a great Leader

            #5- Focus on your strengths

            We have all heard the saying; You are only as strong as your weakest link. This saying is true but in the case of being a leader it may not be necessary. As a leader your job is to find what people are good at and have them do that job. This will make them happy and also help them be successful. Nobody wants to be forced to do a job they hate. Use them for their strengths and use other members of the team to make up for their weaknesses.

            You as a leader can also use this same approach. You can focus on what you are good at and build on it. The things you are not good at you can find a person that you trust to do it for you. For example, I am not good at accounting or dealing with money. I hire an accountant to do my books and this allows me time to focus on training and taking care of my social media at FLO. These are things I consider my strengths, therefore they are what I should be focusing on.

            I am not saying you should not know about the other things, what I am saying is that you should not spend too much time on the other things. The time it will take you to learn the new skill could be time spent on expanding something else. Also, what is the point of having great followers if you don’t trust them to do a good job? You should only align yourself with people you trust and care about. Most likely they want to be involved. The people that follow a leader should believe in the leader’s vision so much that they want to help.

My buddy Rich always says, “Do what you do best and hire the rest.”.  This is a good saying to take with you. It is good to be a jack of all trades but in order to be Great you must master one.  Focus on that one, and the people you need to help you on your mission will be provided by the universe.

  

-FLO

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