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THE ONLY LEADERSHIP TEST THAT MATTERS
If you’re ineffective, you need to take ownership of the problem and figure out an effective solution. If you’re effective, you should still carefully analyze where you can create efficiencies and become even more effective.
Your Problems Are Not Unique
Most leadership problems are common. Everyone must tackle these same or similar problems in order to be successful. Leadership is the solution.
Lexipol & Echelon Front Partner to Provide Leadership Resources to Support First Responders
Partnership will provide agencies with advanced training and tools to support high performance through leadership and wellness
HUMBLING YET LIBERATING
Leif Babin explains it’s how we deal with mistakes and problems is more important than the error itself.
Decentralized Command : Gettysburg
In today’s episode of Leadership Lessons in History, we’re going to talk about decentralized command. This is a concept that is really hard for people, that don’t have actual military experience, to understand because oftentimes we think of military leadership as simply just ordering people to do things, robots carrying out those orders without any ability to question those orders. The reality is, the best, most effective units in the military, just like the best teams out there, employ decentralized command. What decentralized command means is that everybody leads. Everybody leads. Everybody understands the overall goal, and the purpose, and the end state that we’re trying to achieve. They’re able to step up and lead, and overcome obstacles, and make decisions, and make things happen to move the team forward in a positive direction toward that overarching goal. That’s the power of decentralized command. One great example of that is the Battle of Gettysburg.
The 360 Degree Perspective
Effective leaders practice seeing from different perspectives. In the military, we conducted reconnaissance missions by employing a clover leaf pattern to observe the target from 360 degrees.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU TRAIN?
There is no growth in the comfort zone. Training should push people beyond where they are comfortable so that they learn to handle those situations and grow.
You May Be Wrong
For any disagreement with others, you must first consider that you might be wrong. Whether it’s a family member, a team member at work, or our boss, when we disagree on something or don’t seem aligned, you need to start with humility. This requires detachment. It requires keeping your ego in check.
The Indirect Approach: How To Influence Others
The indirect approach simply means, taking actions that allow another person to reveal the truth to themselves rather than trying to force someone to see the truth. It means, instead of confrontation, ask earnest questions. It may not seem like it, but this is actually the shortest route to leading successfully and influencing others for the good of the team and the mission.
HOW TO DEAL WITH A BAD BOSS
Bad Boss? Frustrated? Whether you have a micromanaging boss, a weak or indecisive boss, a self-promoter or an egomaniac, these common leadership challenges can leave you feeling powerless. Read this and learn how to succeed, despite your bad boss. Click here.
Extreme Ownership Academy Leadership Challenge Month
Echelon Front is holding a Leadership Challenge Month throughout October to deal directly with these issues and more, and you’re invited to join and grow your leadership skills.
How To Work With Difficult Personalities
Leadership is about dealing with people. And everyone is different. One of the most challenging aspects of leadership is learning how to work with different personality types. While there are general categories, such as introvert or extrovert, into which you can lump personality types, no two people are exactly the same.
