What is Significant Leadership anyway? I had an interesting dialogue with a potential client recently. He asked me to define significant leadership (as compared to any other kind of leadership). I said, simply put, it’s all about people.
Significant leadership focuses less on the growth of the organization and more on the growth of the employees. Rather than creating a random objective for the company’s profit and market share, significant leadership crafts a vision for each individual employee. How can we help them grow personally and professionally to build something great together? How can they contribute from their personal strengths and synchronize the whole team to build the company’s success together?
I am so often asked how to ignite accountability in a workforce, and my answer is always rooted in significant leadership. When we take the focus off the numbers, off of the profit percentages and the market share – and focus on the REAL assets of the organization, its people, those assets, those people will become accountable – to the vision, the company, and each other. That is what creates genuine buy-in and personal ownership.
Significant leadership is about helping others grow first. My experience has proven that when we do that, all the other measurables fall into line naturally.
Read Lauren’s Whitepaper on The Nine Essentials of Significant Leadership.
