20 Leadership Tips

Someone emailed me recently and asked me for my “top 20 leadership tips”. They were doing a presentation on leadership and were asked to share 20 aspects of great leadership. The added catch. They needed something short they could expand upon, so they suggested I share them in “Twitter length.”

I’m always up for a challenge though, so I wrote down the question and pondered it for a couple weeks. I added a few at a time. Then I sat down to compile the list.


20 leadership tips in Twitter length:

1. Build people – People are your greatest asset as a leader.
2. Grow personally – You can’t take people where you aren’t going.
3. Direction matters – You’ll likely end up where you pointed yourself.
4. Surrender methodology – Care more about accomplishing a worthy vision than how you do.
5. Empower people – Give people real responsibility and real authority.
6. Keep learning – When you stop learning…you stop.
7. Renew your passion often – Keep reminding yourself why you do what you do.
8. Learn to rest – So you can always do your best.
9. Value the word “No” – You can only do what you can do. Trying to do more lowers efficiency.
10. Prioritize each day – Make every moment count.
11. Let failure build you – It’s the best way to gain experience.
12. Be honest with yourself and others – What you hide will often trip you fastest.
13. Know your weaknesses – Everyone else already does.
14. Listen more than you speak – You’ll learn more and make others feel valued.
15. Serving others brings joy – Giving back is the greatest vehicle to fulfillment in life.
16. Humility is attractive – People love realness and want to be around people who are.
17. Be intentional – Nothing really great happens without it.
18. Reject apathy – You’ll be tempted to settle for mediocrity. Don’t do it.
19. Protect character – More than you try to protect your reputation. Do this one and you’ll gain the other.
20. Applaud others – Louder than you “toot your own horn”.

By Ron Edmondson

http://www.ronedmondson.com