Short excerpt from a YouTube talk by Louis Massaro arguing that the ability to lead more people (and to develop other leaders) directly increases one's value and earning potential. He emphasizes leading people and processes, growing other leaders, and keeping leadership development a continuous conversation.
The more people you can lead, the more money you're going to make. That's what it comes down to, you know. So whether that's for you, whether you have a manager that's like, hey, I want to step up, I want to make more money, what do I need to do? Your response is you need to be able to lead people. You need to be able to lead and manage people and processes. The more someone can take a group and lead them, the more valuable they're going to be to you and your company. Right? The more that you could accomplish. So it's not that you just want to be a leader and have a bunch of followers. You want to be a leader and you want to grow other leaders with you. Right? Cultivate that leadership. So the leadership conversation is just it should be there all the time and sometimes I forget that. Right? Sometimes I'm sure some of you forget that, but we need to remember that.
