Becoming a leader is not an easy task. The job title comes along with major responsibilities. One of which is to keep inspiring and motivating others. Leadership is not just a title but a characteristic to live by. It is difficult to adapt as per different cultures and different mindsets to make sure you lead everyone the best way.
Leadership is a support system for people of the organisation. Organizations should support leaders to reach greater heights and success. Several senior leaders expect their employees to follow them just because of their title or their place in the organization’s hierarchy. The truth is various employees do follow the leaders just because of their place in the organization’s hierarchy. This would not help the leaders to get the best work out of their employees/team.
Below mentioned are pointers leaders must demonstrate to become an inspiring leader every employee would look up to!
- Adapt actions that inspire
A leader should not only ask the employees to follow the commitments, but they should themselves demonstrate the commitments they are seeking from their employees. Employees will learn from the leaders because it will inspire employees to act in the same way.
- Passion
The nature of the vision and mission of an organisation is critical for making others feel like their work has a meaning beyond the tasks they perform daily. Hence, at times, leaders must help their team by explaining the vision and mission of the organisation. Communicating this on a regular basis will help a leader reinforce the reason your organization exists.
- Listening
An inspirational leader listens to the employees in their organization. Talk to the team, listen to their ideas about working on various projects and much more. A leader must not listen just for the sake of listening; they must make sure they give a chance to their employees to implement the ideas. This will help them feel that their ideas are listened to and taken seriously.
- Involvement
To experience encouragement, employees need to feel involved and engaged. Involving employees goes beyond the range of just listening and providing feedback. For real involvement, employees need to feel connected to the actions so that the involvement leads to the accomplishment of the goals or final decisions.
Hence, refer to these points to make sure your team follows you not just for the sake of it but for real. As John Quincy Adams quotes – “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
