What Is Leadership?

While a great many (sometimes contradictory) things have been written about this expansive topic, it is important to note that leadership is not some mysterious power that is possessed by only a small, select group of people.

That’s because leadership is not something you’re either born with, or you aren’t.

In reality, becoming a leader is something that ANYBODY can achieve. It is a set of powerful communication skills and actions that can be learned, and then developed over time.

One point remains true, no matter what criteria you use to define it. That genuine leadership – leadership that gets measurable, tangible, positive results – is servant leadership.

A servant leader is someone who wants to impact and influence others in service of the greater good.

That means not merely doing things that only benefit themselves, but will improve the overall situation for the members of their group, family, or team, and possibly even the community at large.

Focusing on serving the greater good is something that becomes their main purpose. It’s what will help them endure and succeed. It’s what can see them through when they are faced with life’s many challenges.

The best leaders in Network Marketing, the ones who have become the most respected and revered, each focus on delivering a message that empowers as many people as possible. Their message wasn’t limited to only those who had attained a certain rank or level of experience.

But it goes beyond a message merely expressed in words. These leaders have done their best to conduct themselves in such a way as to become good role models.

In other words, they practice what they preach.

Develop others

If you truly want to be regarded as a great leader in Network Marketing, it is important that you find ways to develop others. You must help the members of your team to learn the skills and acquire the personality traits that will propel them into leadership roles. It is by developing leaders that you will achieve your ultimate goals.

Leaders make every effort to DO the right things. You’ve heard it said many times… your actions speak more loudly than your words.

Leadership in Network Marketing means that instead of merely telling others to make more contacts, do more presentations, and enroll more people, you demonstrate it yourself.

YOU make more contacts. YOU make more presentations. YOU enroll more people.

When you are a strong personal producer, your words have merit. Your lessons have more weight. You are able to show others by virtue of your actions rather than being an armchair general who simply barks orders or tells “inspirational” stories.

Becoming a better leader through your example

People are far more inspired by seeing your results than by any lesson you can teach or any motivational speech you can give.

Being a strong personal producer has never been easier than it is right now. That is primarily due to two recent developments in our culture.

First, ever since the “lockdown”, society has been forced to confront the fact that traditional jobs can disappear quickly, without warning. Secondly, with so many companies that restructured their workforce, came the mass realization that it really is possible to get paid working from home.

Now, combine those two points with the fact that social media like Facebook and LinkedIn have become part of everyday life for most people.

Taken together, the combination of these shifts in our cultural thinking means that you have better access to millions upon millions of people worldwide. These people are now likely to be more open and receptive to what you offer than at any other time in history.

The trick is employing the RIGHT ways to connect with those prospects. You must use the powerful tool of social media correctly.

The sad truth is that most networkers who have attempted to use social media do it badly - very badly - and wind up shooting themselves in the foot.

They inadvertently drive away potential prospects by plastering promotional information, videos, and images about their opportunity or products in all their posts.

Or they wreck the possibility of building a relationship before it ever has a chance to get started. This happens when they launch into a “pitch” about their offer too soon in the early stages of making contact.

That is really a shame! In truth, using social media (especially LinkedIn) to connect with people who are predisposed to appreciate your products, services, and business can deliver truly astonishing results. You can enroll as many new customers and reps as you can handle when you use the right approach.

Many of today’s top earners have been using the systems and techniques I’ve created to enroll more reps and attract more customers than ever before.

I teach networkers a simple 4 step system I call the “4 C’s”. Those 4 steps are Create – Connect – Communicate - Close.

It all starts with CREATING an attractive profile. Your personal profile needs to be magnetic to attract the right prospects and repel the timewasters. If you don’t have a personal profile that makes you look credible, then no matter what else you do, you won’t experience good results when using social media to build your business.

Unfortunately, most people don’t realize they are “invisible” on their social media pages. That’s because their personal settings are all wrong. It’s easy to fix. You just need someone to show you how to do it correctly.

In closing

Becoming a respected leader is something anybody can do. You must take the time to learn, and then develop better communication skills. Focus on being of service to others. Set good examples. Become a strong personal producer. As a result, you will automatically become a leader that others will enthusiastically follow.

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Max Steingart has been dubbed “The Father of Social Networking” by two generations of top income earners. That’s because Max is the one who first cracked the code to build your business through the skillful use of social networks.

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