Power from Empowerment

A good way to think of leadership is the process of freeing your team members to do the best work they possibly can.

The job of the team leader is to set a mission, decide upon a strategic direction, achieve the necessary cooperation, delegate authority - and then let people innovate.

I’m just a plowhand from Arkansas, but I’ve learned how to put and hold a team together. I’ve learned how to lift some individuals up and how to calm others down, until finally they’ve got one heartbeat together, as a team. To do that, there’s just three things I’d ever have to say: If anything went wrong, I did it. If it went semi-good, then we did it. If anything went real good, then you did it! That’s really all it takes to get other people to win for you.

The key to authentic leadership is to listen to your followers, and then open the door for them to lead themselves. The secret is empowerment. The main incentive is genuine caring and recognition.

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