Improve Your Team To Improve Your Company of people, or a lack of resources to help make their plans a reality. Leaders who lead at the highest level find people who will be at their side to help them to think intentionally about the next steps that they are taking. When leaders have people that they trust to make decisions and to lead well, it enables the top leader to spend their time working “on” their business and not just “in” their business. Many leaders find the benefits of receiving inspiration and encouragement from a second chair leader. Leaders have a better ability to stay positive when they have people around them who will and can encourage them. Every person needs encouragement. Leaders often invest time and energy in supporting their team and often find that they have no one to encourage them. When a leader has a second person who walks with them at a high level, that person can speak encouraging words at just the right time to help the leader to keep going. Lastly, accountability for the leader enhances and deepens when the leader develops a real relationship with a key person on their leadership team. Even top leaders need a person to hold them accountable. CEO’s have a temptation to become isolated in position and in action. When no one holds the leader accountable, the leader can be tempted to make decisions that will hurt the organization, or be tempted to make no decisions at all. Leaders lead better when they have people on their team who are willing to challenge them and who always speak the truth. When a leader has a number 2 leader, more and better work is accomplished.
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Every #1 leader needs a #2 leader. A question that leaders might consider is: Do you have a person that you can count on at all times?
Experience Question: What have you found to be the best benefits to having a person on your team that you can count on and trust?
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