Last week I shared some advice for young leaders in my article on “10 Simple Practices to Help You Experience Your Future Dreams.” As I was writing, I was recalling one of the earliest articles I wrote for my website about eight years ago. In the post, I described some of the symptoms of leaders who aren’t really leaders.
The leadership principles reflected in this list still apply. You want to know if you’re really a leader Consider these principles:
10 Easy Ways to Know You’re Not a Leader
- You’re waiting on a bigger staff and more money to accomplish your vision.
- You think you need to be in charge to have influence.
- You’re content.
- You tend to foster division instead of generating a helpful dialogue.
- You think you need to say something to be heard.
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