Sean GlazeWorkplace Culture Speaker | Facilitator, Great Results Team Building · Leadership lessons from the locker room that change how your people work together.

WHAT IS A LEADER'S MOST IMPORTANT JOB

29 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise leadership talk, the speaker argues that a leader’s core responsibility is to achieve results by investing in the people who produce those results. Effective leadership is framed as a cycle of connection, development, coaching, and sincere praise. The speaker proposes that a leader’s personal success should be measured by how many people thank them, and emphasizes that gratitude must be specific—highlighting particular actions or ideas—to reinforce performance and motivation. The overall message is that caring for and actively developing team members is the most direct path to better outcomes.

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So what is the main purpose of leaders? Well, you have to get results, and the results that you want are achieved by connecting with and developing the people responsible for those results. So your real job as a leader is actually to care about and to coach and to grow and to praise your people to get more of what you want. That's what improves performance. And one of the best ways to measure your personal success as a leader is how many other people thank you for theirs. So if you want your people to feel and to become successful, start thanking them. Share specific thanks, not just good jobs. Hey Bob, want you to know how impressed I am with your ideas and work on that last project. It was a huge part of our success. See, if you want to encourage your team, remind them that their efforts matter. That's what effective leaders do.