Chad Silverstein argues that leadership starts with holding yourself accountable and being transparent about goals and failures. Lead by example: try new things first, admit what you learned from mistakes, and ask for mentorship so others trust and follow you.
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So I personally am not one to not try new things and start things and be the first. I have no problem doing that. For me, I believe leadership starts when you can not only hold yourself accountable, but you can put yourself out there and be transparent and let other people lead you and hold you accountable. And so if that means a mentor or someone that you know has been there before and done it, and you lean to that person and tell them what you're working on to hold you accountable, to help push you, then do it. If that means that you got something going on at work and you're leading the team and you want to kind of model the way, then it's putting it out there and telling them what you're working on before you expect them to give you all their goals. You know, you have some leaders that they want their team to turn in their goals. Like, show them that you have a goal. Do it first. Be transparent. Let them know when you failed at meeting your goal and what you're going to do about it and what you learned about it. If you know, again, leadership is about modeling the way. And it's, you know, leading by example is a cliche. People just say it, but you have to do it, and people respect it. People who command respect command respect for a reason. They've earned it. And if you can have some vulnerability in your style and not see that as a weakness, that's a. That's an incredible skill. You know, the best leaders, the ones that we believe in, because they're real, believable, genuine, sincere, and a lot of times that requires you to be transparent, not be someone who's hiding everything. So you have some people who believe they go to work and they have to change who they are because there's this professionalism that they have just learned to. To believe that that is the way you're supposed to be at work. And that's fine. You know, you can have that, but you still have to be believable and you still have to be real. Especially if you want to lead other people. They have to be able to see through the shtick and, you know, know who you are, know why you're doing what you're doing. And the only way to do that is to try different things. Be the first. Trust first. Explore things first. Take a chance first. Let people see that you failed first. It's okay, get back up. Keep going. And so, you know, if you're a leader, ask yourself where you do that, where it shows up. If you haven't done it, why not? Question it. And, you know, if you want to make a real impact and you want to influence people, sometimes all it takes is just one of these, the little things that you try, and you have no clue how much of an impact it can have on other people around you. It's incredible.
