A Definition of Leadership:
Four Skills That Make or
Break All Leaders

What's the definition of leadership - great leadership? Great leaders have the ability to inspire people to positive action.

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
---John Quincy Adams

Over the past 7 years I've asked thousands of employees about their definition of leadership. I've asked them to share insights into the actions of their best and worst leaders.

Their answers are amazingly similar across all industries (from aviation to the steel industry to medical sales to home builders to technical firms and across all levels of employees (from the line worker to the CEO).

When talking about their leaders all say things like this when describing their best leader:
a good listener
fair
gave me confidence, believed in me
inspired me to my best
knowledgeable
was straight with me - told me when things were wrong AND when things were good
looked out for my development
asked for my opinion and input
I wanted to go to work and would work longer and harder...when I worked for this person.

Great leaders have different styles and personalities, but the definition of leadership around what people want, remains consistent. It is also evident that when people work for best bosses, they are more productive.

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The powerful survey team at the Gallup Organization interviewed millions of employees - meeting with 7,935 twenty-five person teams in 36 countries.

Their results prove the power of inspiration. They determined that if a twenty-five member team was inspired (they use the term: engaged) the team produced:

$80,000+ higher monthly revenue
1-4% higher monthly profit
103% higher success rate
Higher customer loyalty
Lower unwanted turnover

Wow! What if your teams could improve their monthly numbers to match those figures?

They can. You can. It does not need to be complicated. But it does require practice, desire and focus.

Click here to for my article on Gallup's definition of leadership with these 12 questions all leaders should be asking...

Four Skills That Make or Break All Leaders

If you want to be the boss who get results and has the most productive team there are four skills you can focus on developing and using.

I call these skills the Competitive Advantage Leadership Life skills because they'll:

give you a competitive advantage,
impact every aspect of your life in a positive way
will make the biggest, quickest difference on your team's willingness to work for and with you

Here they are: