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Leadership is all about being a role model and offering hope & help to people. This is what I stand for.
Today, people like entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals… who are in leadership roles are failing because they are not really striving towards being a role model to their followers. Servant leadership and leadership by example… are the two most widely successful strategies that have helped create some of the world’s largest organisations in the world… and yet, some leaders are missing these big ideas in favour of shortcuts, positions, and certifications.
There’s nothing wrong with a shortcut, if it helps in increasing productivity… but trying to use it as a leadership strategy falls flat. Positions and titles, only give an initial head start… like for example… CEO, CFO, Managing Director… titles like this will put you in a leadership position… will get you the driver’s seat… but won’t help you gain followers, right? And, talking about various certifications, awards, associations… these are all are good in enhancing abilities but may not necessarily help other people.. especially your followers.
People want to follow you because they see you as their role model. You do things that THEY believe in. You demonstrate abilities that THEY value the most. In other words, they see or want to see all the qualities they lack in order to succeed,… in YOU. You want to be a role model for them. You want to offer them hope and help. You are their beacon to get them to their next level… and trust me… everyone, including you and me, irrespective of our present positions,…. We all have another level to rise up to, yes?
Just think about your own role models… people who have had a tremendous amount of influence…. on YOU? I bet all that positive influence can be attributed in some way to being a role model. The more common example is followers and fans of movie actors. They follow their star so closely… they dress like their star, they pickup their speaking style, they even adopt their star’s social causes. When James Bond wears a new Omega watch in a movie, the fans quickly start buying and wearing them as well… at 8000 dollars a piece, it’s not just about checking time… they feel a little bit of James Bond in themselves when to do it. They are following their role model.
So, being a role model is going to be the deciding factor for effective leadership. This is going to intensify even more during this decade. People will need role models in different areas of their life. This decade will belong to thought leaders who could be role models to their followers. The physical world is in chaos and the digital world is overwhelmed with information overload. There are too many things for people to do, already. That’s why they need you… to offer them hope and help… to lead them even more effectively… and be their role model.
If that’s you, then it’s time to find your message to the world and build your fan base and follower-audience to lead. Let’s do that together at www.raamanand.com. That’s my website — r-a-a-m-a-n-a-n-d.com… join me and other aspiring role models and thought leaders and choose your path to the next level. See you on the other side…. And until then, keep smiling, believe in yourself, and get all the best things in life.
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