Leadership is not a quality that every business owner has, despite it being one that every business owner wants. Only those who are best equipped have the ability to be a leader and maintain the role and rise to the top. A leader is someone who earns the respect and loyalty of their team. Below I have listed the three key habits that you need to adopt in order to become a great leader and earn your team’s loyalty and respect.

 

1) Be the best at what you do.

One of the best things you can do for your company is to strive to be the ‘best’ at what you do. Identify your company’s competitors and then the quality bar that you need to set for yourself to outdo them. Focus all of your energy and creativity towards achieving superior performance and outstanding results in that area. Such thinking portrays visionary leadership and a commitment to excellence – a quality that your team will respect you for.

 

2) Overcome your fears.

As a great leader it is important to not show fear, but instead show courage. Whenever you overcome a fearful situation, your courage, self-esteem and self-respect will increase, as will your employee’s respect for you. A great way to conquer fear is to make a habit of identifying elements that may be holding you back from achieving and tackle each one until you no longer fear it. As your fear decreases, your courage and confidence will increase, overall improving your reputation as a leader.

 

3) Develop a vision.

A great way to show leadership is to develop a habit of vision and clarity so that you can think forward and imagine what it would feel like to achieve your vision and be successful. Doing so will enable you to picture what your business and life could be like if you set your mind to achieving your goals. Use your dream vision of success as motivation for inspiring yourself and your staff to work alongside you, to achieve that dream and make your vision a reality.

 

What habits do you associate with great leaders; are you one?

 

Further Reading:

B. Tracey (2017). ‘4 Habits of Great Business Leaders’: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/299294