A Leader's Greatest Mission
Following up with the The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell, we will review the 11th through the fifteenth laws. Pay attention: these 5 laws offer valuable insights into a leader’s greatest mission:
11th. Law of the Inner Circle...look, it is that simple. A leader surrounds themselves not necessarily with many employees, but with talented people who embody and promote a desire to serve and change the world, and whose character and thinking align with both the leader and the organization. But trust is indispensable to the Law of the Inner Circle. A true leader can never build that level of closeness with people they do not trust or who do not share their outlook. They can certainly help people develop, but before admitting them into that circle, daily work, transparency, honesty, ethics and dignity must come first.
The leader begins to become a conduit, a guide, and a facilitator who helps their team achieve its goals.
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12th Law of Responsibility. The leader begins to become a conduit, guide and facilitator helping the team achieve its goals. People who reach that level of closeness must share a high level of responsibility. They own their processes, metrics, successes and triumphs, but also their failures and defeats. Although these are shared with the team, the group's autonomy is so high that activities are divided up and, together or separately, work like an exquisite, finely crafted Swiss watch.
13th Law of Reproduction. A leader's greatest mission is to develop leaders. Let people flourish, develop them and support their growth. Create little “mini-mes” who are as good as or better than you, improve on your good practices and transmit all the positivity, proactivity, knowledge and experience that brought you to the head of the group. Pay attention to that.
14th Law of Buy-In. A group will not follow a leader simply for being attractive—or perhaps only briefly. People commit to a leader who shows assurance and confidence and convinces them that what they know, do and say is genuine. People should act because they believe in the leader’s vision, not because of individual successes or failures.
15a Law of Victory. It is simple: in high-performance leadership, the word failure does not exist. There are, of course, mistakes, errors and “failures,” but the leader knows they are temporary. Instead, the leader is convinced—and instills that conviction in the team—that victory, the achievement of goals, that nirvana we trust and believe in, will be reached. The leader focuses not only on the team's growth, but also on its development and continuous improvement. Mistakes will always occur, but thorough analysis that produces reliable data to prevent us from repeating them is essential.
Victory will come, provided the leader harnesses that trust and motivation throughout the team.
And there you have it: 5 new laws to reflect on.
With this, we are practically entering the final stretch of our series on the 21 irrefutable laws of leadership. Take time to connect the 15 studied so far. You will observe something remarkable when you analyze them not individually but sequentially, as a chain. Reflect on them, because the remaining 6 laws, which we will explore in our next edition, will point you toward high-level leadership.
And for you, what do you think is a leader’s greatest mission?
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