After reading, studying, and practicing leadership for over 30 years and being successful and failing in my leadership to others in my business and personal life, my favorite definition of a leader is:

A person who inspires other people to take a journey they would not take by themselves.

How do you inspire someone?

What are you, your leaders and company doing to inspire people?

What is your process?

How are you helping others overcome obstacles in their lives?

When you lead and inspire others, you will shut the back door on losing quality people.

The key is to help them be the best person they can be. And that takes leadership. An abundance of leaders will make the professional and personal dreams of your people a reality.

As I was thinking about leadership, I came across this quote from Al McGuire (Head Coach Marquette University) after winning the 1977 NCAA basketball tournament:

“I’m trying to make a person take one more step than he wants to take. I’m trying to have him dig down deep into his gut. It was my way of trying to get out what God has put in these fellows, the talented ones, the Michelangelo’s; the talent was in the crib, but it has to come out, it is a mortal sin if we don’t get it out of the person.”

The most effective leaders directly impact the performance of their players or employees!

BOTTOM LINE: We Must Get Results!

How do you get results?

By making a play today to be a leader and inspire someone!