Leadership...Legacy Extension pt2

Legacy Leadership is the extension of ones self. Leadership is having followers work for you and even with you. LL is having them not only with you but thru you.

 They emulate you. Not that's not to say there is an ego crisis going on here, but the pure, simple truth is that you are looked at with a high regard of respect. They gladly take on the extension of your leadership. They do what you would/will do, whether you're there or not. If you're at a meeting down the hall, or visiting a client on the other side of town, they replicate in your absence.

                                         WHY? WHY? WHY? and WHY?

  Simply put, your relationship with those you lead are so close so tight, they wouldn't want it any other way. Take the Navy Seals Teams for instance. They work together for so long so close, training, resting, training, learning, training. They get to know each others next move, almost spontaneously. Like having one body, one mind.

         "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."

                                                                                                      John C. Maxwell

  Same with the organization you all work for. You want to flow as one organism. The Apostle Paul said it this way, "You know what kind of men we proved ourselves to be among you for YOUR good. And you set yourselves to become imitators of us and through us of the Lord Himself..." Thess: 1:5-6

 NOTICE: Here Paul states that these followers were imitators of himself as he was/is an imitator of the Lord. That they made the mind set to do just that. It was a deliberate act!

  Legacy leaders admonish when need be, but not to the point of your follower feeling persecution. Your leadership should always put your followers needs and growth first in front of your own. This display of humility is so strong  on your behalf, that none of these wonderful followers you have to lead will ever, never dispute your judgement.

  Great leaders should not be "passive-positives" as what political scientist James David Barber calls it. This is when the manager/supervisor enjoys such title, accolades, and privileges, but has no intention of filling the duties in full. They avoid confrontation, have a hard time confronting difficult issues, and find conversation hard to deal with. They aren't emotionally engaged in the work process, some find it hard at home as well.

  I knew a supervisor who dodged the upper management team for two whole months. When they finally caught up to him he was laid-off. They figured if they didn't get what they needed from him, and he was getting paid, "Dump him!" was their final word.

  As a legacy leader you want to be active, not passive. You want your behavior to be transactional and transformational. By transactional you are identifying performance expectations with utmost clarity, and rewarding when those performances are met. Transformational is meaning that you are fully engaged in passing your knowledge to the other person. Followers emulate their leader!

  Also, you as this extraordinary leader that you are, realize that no two people are alike, and you don't treat them as such. Treat your followers as individuals, reach them on each of their levels. No, they don't all move at the same pace, so your patience is sometimes highly required.

Food for thought: Some leaders at this point would throw in the towel, and get rid of those types of followers. But patience is the virtue that overrides this perspective to create a great follower in the end.

Check out the first of this series: Admonish, Nurture, A Legacy Leadership
Also:  Want to be a great leader?

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Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine. Chris Hadfield
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Ultimately, leadership is not about glorious crowning acts. It's about keeping your team focused on a goal and motivated to do their best to achieve it, especially when the stakes are high and the consequences really matter. It is about laying the groundwork for others' success, and then standing back and letting them shine. Chris Hadfield
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