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“Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. After you become a leader, success is about growing others.”
This quote from Jack Welch describes the shift in mindset you need to take, as you move into the role of a leader – and that is to focus on growing your team, the people around you.
A Higher Level of Leader
John Maxwell has famously written about leadership for more than 20 years. In his “5 Levels of Leadership,” he describes what it takes to be at the top tiers as a leader. One of the biggest things that comes up time and time again is the ability to grow the people around you – to focus on them and help them become more than they are.
In fact, the great leaders will often see more potential in people than they see in themselves, and then they will go about helping them unlock it, helping them grow, and helping them get better.
Jack Welch was made the youngest CEO of General Electric in 1981.
And he didn’t get there by being flaky or unreliable. He got there by first growing his own skills, and then building up the people around him.
When you grow the people around you, it also makes your job easier. When you’re working with smart and collaborative team members, they will help you get what you need much faster and with less friction. It sure beats working with people who don’t have the skills and don’t have the ability to get them.
– David McLachlan
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