Congratulations on making it to day 7 of the Transform Your Leadership series.
The journey to transform your leadership is not for the fainthearted.
Being a mentor is a wonderful thing. Helping lift emerging leaders grow through a mentorship relationship helps you, the leader (as the mentor) and the mentee. Outside of mentorship, leaders can help one another out too. Your fellow leaders need your support to help them thrive and grow….because leadership isn’t for the weak.
Everyone faces tough times. Businesses close, projects fall apart, new launches get delayed, and things at home can become complicated. Therefore, leaders need other leaders to help and support them. No one understands the struggles that leaders face better than other leaders do. It’s important to lift leaders up and help them grow through the process and transform their leadership.
Be there when your colleagues need you
Leadership is its own club. People who lead need others who lead to be there when times are hard…whether they ask or not. If you see someone in the leadership community struggle, get in there and offer your support. Reaching out and letting someone know you care can make all the difference in how well they cope during a tough time.
Note: leaders aren’t limited to the workplace. A struggling parent is a leader. So, if you see someone who needs support, reach out and help lift them up.
Celebrate when your colleagues win
It’s natural to feel a tinge of jealousy when your “competition” gets a win. Great leaders celebrate wins, whether big or small. Your genuine enthusiasm for other people’s success will only make yours stronger. There’s no limit to the success available to you and those you lead with. Get excited about their successes and genuinely congratulate and celebrate with them. You’ll be surprised how much celebrating with others will transform your leadership.
Step in when your colleagues fall down
Sometimes people take a fall. An illness, injury, or even a scandal can set someone in leadership back. Be willing and able to step in when your colleagues fall. Offer to take some of their workload, offer to assist them in practical ways, or take the initiative and lead for them in their absence. You’re a leader and there’s no better time to lead than when your fellow colleague can’t.
Being in leadership is a sisterhood and brotherhood unlike any other. There’s a comradery between leaders who have worked hard to encourage, mentor, and motivate their teams. They need the same encouragement themselves. Leaders lean on leaders who understand and have the unique abilities to support them and help them grow too.
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