The Two Qualities a Leader Has

Summary

• Any leader has a mix of leadership skills and individual contributor skills.
• It's important to know which skill to focus on at different times.
• When I began creating my personal brand and learning marketing, that was individual contributor work.
• What excites me most is building teams and teaching others to build teams.
• I enjoy developing leaders and building leadership skills in others.
• It's helpful to think in terms of seasons, focusing on what the business needs from me at any given time.

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How To Take Action

I would suggest implementing the concept of focusing on what your business or personal growth needs right now. Think of each phase as a season. For example, if your business currently needs more sales, focus on developing your marketing skills. If it needs better structure, this might be the season to build and train your team.

A good way of doing this without spending much money or time is to allocate specific hours each week to focus on these tasks. For marketing, you can spend about an hour a day learning new strategies and applying them. For team building, try to set aside time for regular check-ins and training sessions with your team.

For personal growth, start by identifying what areas you need to work on. If you need to develop leadership skills, there are tons of free resources online, including articles, videos, and free courses. Dedicate 30 minutes a day to learning something new about leadership.

Next, look at your daily tasks and categorize them into either leadership or individual contributor tasks. This will help you balance what you focus on and ensure you're not neglecting any important area.

Lastly, always be ready to pivot based on what your current situation demands. Just like in different seasons, your focus can shift. Regularly assess what’s working and what needs more attention, then adjust your efforts accordingly. This flexible approach ensures you’re always meeting your most pressing needs without getting overwhelmed.

Full Transcript

any leader has a combination of leadership ability and in some way they're an individual contributor and so it's like which one are you indexing on at any given point in time kind of and like the moment that I went and started making a brand for myself and started learning how to run the marketing and all those things that's an individual contributor skill but what I like love doing and what like lights me up is building a team and teaching other people to build teams and honestly just building leaders like that's that's what I love doing so I would like to do both but I look at it in Seasons which is like what's my next season need to be what's the business need out of me