Build a team of leaders
In today’s world, information is abundant, and knowledge is easily accessible.
However, many business owners and entrepreneurs still struggle to lead their people properly and build strong, effective teams.
The reason for this is not the lack of information but the lack of personal transformation.
Leadership is less about what you know and more about who you are. It’s about developing yourself so you can develop others.
Leadership requires a commitment to personal growth, understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and continually working on improving yourself. It’s about building relationships, communicating effectively, and inspiring trust and loyalty in your team.
Many leaders get lost because they focus too much on acquiring knowledge and not enough on applying it in a way that transforms their leadership and positively impacts their team.
To lead effectively, you need to be intentional about your growth, seek out mentors, and surround yourself with other leaders who can challenge and support you. It’s about moving from information to transformation.
When you grow, your team grows also, and that’s when you start building a strong, effective team of leaders.
Here's how I define Leadership:
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality, the ability to inspire and empower others to achieve a common goal together that subsequently influences others to follow their leader.
In other words, leadership is your ability to influence your people to follow you not because they have to follow, but because they want to follow you.
Inspire
Inspire others to believe in themselves, and team goals
GUIDE
Provide guidance and direction to individuals and teams
Empower
Foster a culture of trust and empowerment
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I don’t work with people who don’t genuinely care about others.
Who cares for a leader who doesn’t care for people?
Nowadays, an increasing number of managers prioritize money (profit) and processes over their colleagues and employees. Too many managers do not care about people and their teams. As an unfortunate result, the number of dissatisfied people who leave or lose their jobs is increasing. In human society, we can see poor management and weak leadership everywhere.
Often, leaders forget that their team members are the most important assets in their business.
After 20 years in the Army, here’s what I can tell you:
Care about your people, and they will care about your business.
Grow your people, and they will grow your business.
Make your people more successful, and they will make your business more successful.
I can't help you if you don't value other people.
It’s impossible to add value to a person if you don’t value him or her.
When I work with business owners, I look for three key qualities:
Respect for people and the ability to truly listen;
Valuing people and consistently adding value to their lives;
Willingness to change, so you can help others change too.
Here’s a story that perfectly illustrates valuing others:
I remember it as if it were yesterday. I asked an old friend about his business, knowing he had been facing difficulties.
He said, “Alex, my business is great. I have a fantastic team, and all my employees are happy. Their satisfaction makes me happy.”
I asked, “How can they be happy when the situation isn’t great?”
His answer amazed me: “My employees don’t know the real situation, and they don’t need to. I have 250 employees, and it’s my responsibility to make sure they get their paychecks. I’m also responsible for their families. When my team and their families are happy, I’m happy.”
Even during tough times, my friend never laid off anyone. By valuing his people, he created continuous growth and lasting success.
I can’t help you if you’re not willing to grow and develop your leadership potential.
Some leaders don’t believe that culture by design works. They usually say my principles seem too perfect, that real life is different, and that it’s simply not achievable.
My questions to those leaders are always:
Why do you think it’s not achievable?
Would you be willing to try to make it happen? If I made it happen, you can too.
Do you believe you’ve reached the maximum of your potential?
Do you believe you’ve tried 100%?
If you don’t want to climb to the top of the mountain, I can’t carry you there—it’s too big of a task. And if you have many people in your organization who don’t believe they can grow their potential, you have a leadership problem yourself.
If leadership were easy, everybody would be a great leader. Working with people always comes with obstacles.
If you’re willing to try, I’ll walk you through the process. But if you’re not willing, or if you’re looking for excuses, I don’t have a second to waste on that.
So when you ask me: “How can I grow my leadership skills?”
My answer is very simple:
“If you want to grow your people, you must first grow yourself — and as you grow your people, they will grow you in return.”
Just try, and you will see the amazing results. But remember—becoming a great leader in your organization takes time.
Here's what I can help you with!
If you care about your people, want to grow, and are willing to grow yourself, I am here to serve you.
At our corporate consulting program, we focus on:
Helping you build a team of leaders by identifying operational gaps and defining success;
Creating a tailored strategy and game plan to increase efficiency and effectiveness; and
Elevating your managers’ leadership skills to develop high-performing teams and a strong organizational culture.
By optimizing the interaction between your structures, systems, and people, your organization will stand out in your industry.
As a former military officer with 20 years of service, I have adapted my best leadership practices to the corporate world and now bring decades of acquired leadership experience to companies ready to move the needle in their businesses by developing their best assets: their people, leaders, and leadership teams.
If your company needs help building an effective team of leaders and a well-designed, strong organizational culture, look no further—book your free discovery call today.
Together, we can transform your organization through the5 Step Tactical System into a model of cumulative leadership effectiveness.