Brian Walch describes a leadership pipeline that extends beyond corporate management into families, nonprofits, and communities. He identifies three components: leaders willing to step up, followers who support them, and mentors or backers. His business helps middle managers transition into wider leadership roles.
Hello. I wanted to record a quick video with just some thoughts I had about leadership. And it's just been something that's been on my mind the last few days because I've recognized something about my aspirations for this business that I'm creating that I haven't at least seen as clearly as I do now. Part of my aspirations for this business is to build a leadership pipeline. And I don't mean just a pipeline of people moving through middle management on their way to executive careers and CEO positions or whatever you define as company leadership. I believe middle management is a great thing to aspire to, and is that we need leadership in that role, in that level, regardless of where people want to head in their careers. But I think of leadership pipeline meaning more across our society, that we need leaders in all aspects, in our families, in our communities, in nonprofit organizations, in our social situations, our social constructs, and our social organizations. So leadership is vitally important. And middle managers can learn to be great leaders, not only in their companies, but in their communities and in their families and in their relationships. So I do have that aspiration. And it struck me that there's kind of three components to building great leaders and building that leadership pipeline. One is you need people willing to be a leader to step up and step into that role. And then two, you need followers, and we all have to be great followers. We're not a leader, and then we're a leader everywhere. There's times when I am a follower and I can learn to be a great follower and support leaders in that way. There's other times where I can be a leader, but then the third option is being a support person. And that's my role in my business, is I want to be a great support to middle managers as they step into leadership roles. But there's a lot of other ways that we can support leaders. And I hope that as we build leaders leadership and we build this pipeline, we can all figure out the different roles we can play at different times. Are you gonna be the person that steps up and says, I'll be a leader and I'll step into that role and learn how to do that, or are you going to be a great follower and support that leader by being a follower that helps them be the kind of leader we need, or are you going to be a support person? Whether it's mentoring, whether it's financial support, whether it's encouragement, whatever it is, or like me providing services as a business, you can provide some support to help build our leadership. I think everybody agrees that we need more and more leaders and better leaders across the board. Whether it's in a company or our organizations and politics, whatever component or aspect you want to say, we need more, more and better leaders. So let's all do our part to build a great leadership pipeline. I know. I'm trying to. Thanks. Have a great day and live life integrated.
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