Seven Secrets To Leadership in this Contemporary Times

 Getting others to follow your leading

There are seven simple principles you could apply to get others to follow your lead. The principles are not too difficult to model and demonstrate. World-class leaders adhere to them, and as an organizational leader, you may consider adopting these seven leadership principles. You will be amazed by the results.

Make others feel important
People won’t follow you if your actions are obviously designed to make yourself feel important. if you make the members of your team feel important, they will be eager to acknowledge and follow your lead.

Promote your vision
No one will follow you simply because you have decided that you want to lead. In fact, some may initially put up resistance even though you are a legally appointed or elected leader. You must have a clear idea of where you want to take the group, and then you must promote your plan to the group and convince them that both your goals and your strategies for achieving them are worth pursuing.

Treat others as you wish to be treated yourself.
This is an elementary, yet often-forgotten leadership precept. Would you want to follow someone who treated you poorly? Do you not prefer to follow leaders who have concern for you and your feelings and treat you with respect? Those who rally behind you will expect nothing less.

Take responsibility for your actions and for those on your team.

Admit your mistakes. If you are the leader, you are responsible for everything members of your group do or fail to do. Thus, when things go wrong, you must accept this responsibility and shoulder the blame. if you try to foist it off on others, you are no longer a leader in their eyes.

Praise in public, criticize in private.
If people have earned your praise, let everyone know about it. This will encourage others to seek similar praise by doing their best possible work. If you must criticize, do it in private. Do not embarrass people unnecessarily.

Take the time to see and be seen.
You have to be out and about to really understand what’s going on, to fix what is wrong, and to capitalize on what is going right. At the same time, you want to be visible and accessible. Such contact provides additional opportunities to talk with and motivate everyone on your team and ensures that you will gain secondary motivation from those who echo what you have said.

Use competition to your advantage

People love to compete. Understanding this fact of human nature is one of the secrets of successful products. Going from professional sports to video games, they are very relevant. Urge your team to surpass the goals of other groups or old records. They will exceed expectations and have fun in the process.

Here you have the seven simple principles. They are so important in getting people to follow your lead. It’s now your time to them, but watch out. You may become a world-class leader yourself.