Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace

by John C. Maxwell

You have to put doing what’s right for your people and organization ahead of what feels right for you. To make that shift, you need to do these seven things:

1. CHANGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS TOWARD LEADERSHIP

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think about things in a different order: 1. What’s best for the organization? 2. What’s best for other people within the organization? 3. What’s best for me?

The more you foster creativity in the environment you influence, the more you instill an abundance mind-set. That’s why I call this leadershift the abundance shift.

Here are the seven things I have found to be most important to a leader who wants to connect with others:

1. HUMILITY—LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU NEED THEM

2. CURIOSITY—ASK PEOPLE QUESTIONS

3. EFFORT—GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE

4. TRUSTWORTHINESS—BE SOMEONE OTHERS CAN COUNT ON

5. GENEROSITY—GIVE FIRST, GIVE CONTINUALLY

6. LISTENING—OPEN THE BEST DOOR TO CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE