Now that you have demonstrated your leadership abilities, it’s time to build an effective team. Consider your ideal team first. What sort of individuals do you observe? There’s a considerable possibility you’ll come across a group of people who share your interests, goals, and characteristics, as well as your age and history. The Law of Magnetism is what this is called.
In other words, if you’re 35, you’re more likely to recruit someone in their thirties than someone who’s 16 or 65. During the dot-com boom of the 1990s, when thousands of enterprises were started and afterwards employed by businesspeople all in their twenties or thirties, we saw this law in work.
But personality is also a factor, in addition to age. No matter how impressive that person’s resume is, if you’re a neat perfectionist, you probably won’t want to hire them if they show up at your office all messy and disorganized. Instead, you would probably choose someone who shares your meticulousness and attention to detail.
When Theodore Roosevelt was enlisting men to serve in his troops during the Spanish-American War, he too applied the Law of Magnetism. Roosevelt was born into a well-to-do aristocratic family in the Northeast and lived as a cowboy and hunter in the Dakotas before relocating west. Teddy therefore enlisted people from comparable backgrounds during the war, creating a militia of Northeast nobles and Western cowboys.
So keep in mind that a leader’s personal characteristics can influence a team or even a whole business. The author’s predecessor at the Skyline Church was Dr. Orval Butcher, a remarkable pastor who was also a fantastic pianist. Butcher collected people who shared his interests to form the church’s new staff, and as a result, the congregation became well renowned for its outstanding music.
Are you a miserable loser? If so, try not to feel too awful about it because being a leader requires being a lousy loser. The Law of Victory states that for great leaders, losing and giving up the battle are not viable options. A prime example of this sort of leadership is Winston Churchill. Even when Nazi Germany occupied the majority of Europe and destroyed England during World War II, he refused to concede defeat.
Even when it looked hopeless, he persisted in looking for a means to triumph, finally teaming up with the US and led the Allies to overthrow Hitler’s government. Like Churchill, all successful leaders should despise losing and always look for winning strategies.
Knowing how to assemble a winning team with a variety of talents is another key to becoming a successful leader. The same way that a soccer team made up solely of goalies won’t be effective at scoring goals, a team can’t succeed if everyone has the same skills. Therefore, effective leaders create teams of individuals with a variety of skill sets that are capable of handling a wide range of difficulties.
However, you must ensure that everyone of these individuals has the same outlook. Talent may be lost if everyone is preoccupied with unrelated issues. Winning coaches understand the value of collaboration and how to convince their players to concentrate on collective success rather than individual bragging rights. For instance, they ensure that players move the ball to a teammate if they have a better chance of scoring a goal than they do.
If you’ve ever tended to a garden, you know the importance of planting the seeds at the right time. Too early, and the soil might freeze; too late, and you might end up with a poor harvest. It’s the same with leadership and the Law of Timing.
Making the incorrect choice at the wrong time can frequently lead to calamity. But making the wrong choice at the wrong time can be just as fatal. When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, this is what transpired. Mayor Ray Nagin should have issued an evacuation order, but he hesitated. It took Nagin another half day to act wisely and transform his call for a voluntary evacuation into a forced one, even as the cities surrounding New Orleans issued orders for residents to evacuate.
However, it was already too late for residents to safely evacuate the city; consequently, many of them died. On the other hand, effective leaders are aware of the best moment to take a decision. They are incisive and know when to seize an opportunity or avert a disaster because of their expertise.
Take Churchill once more. He foresaw the risks posed by Hitler and took action in time to improve Great Britain’s military readiness, allowing it to endure and ultimately triumph. You may significantly aid your team in overcoming any difficulties by being aware of these basic principles of leadership.
Leaders are dependable, powerful people who demand the respect of those who follow them. There are some qualities and abilities you should possess in order to gain that kind of respect and loyalty: You must possess authority, strength, and dependability. In addition, you must be devoted to your supporters and relentlessly pursue victory despite adverse circumstances.
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Interesting reads:
https://leaders.com/articles/leadership/21-irrefutable-laws-of-leadership/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/815716.The_21_Irrefutable_Laws_of_Leadership
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