Inspirational Leadership

Molly’s employees are fiercely loyal to her, everyone respects her, and they are highly successful as individuals and a team. By contrast, other people in the organization report that their people seem disengaged, they experience high staff turnover, and their results are often very disappointing. So, what does Molly do that other leaders don’t? To begin with, Molly regularly reminds her team members of the purpose of their work models the behavior expected from her team by demonstrating integrity in her working relationships.

She sets high expectations and “walks the walk” to demonstrate the standards expected. Molly enjoys the perks of being an inspirational leader, and it allowed her team to help their organization achieve its objectives and fulfill its purpose.

Treat Employees Like They Make A Difference

The most critical factor for organizational success in the 21st century is inspirational leadership. According to Erin Binney, the pyramid structure of the 20th century worked when manufacturing companies employed most of the workers, and the employment contract was strictly transactional. In this system, employees came to work, did their jobs, collected wages, and went home.

Leading by fear and intimidation was the order of the day. There was a physical and emotional distance between managers and employees. Leaders sat in offices removed from the manufacturing floor and viewed employees only as a cost of labor, not as individuals with lives outside of work.

Unfortunately, many companies are still operating with this ideology where communication is stagnated; silos are the order of the day, employees are disrespected in front of their entire team, and leaders have a vested interest in building bureaucracy to protect the status quo and keep their jobs, even though this isn’t necessarily in the best interests of the company.

Leadership Is A Privilege

It’s incredible how many people believe that people will automatically respect and listen to them once they obtain a particular title or level of leadership. According to Forbes Coaches Council, they believe that with that title comes influence. Your title may mean people report to you, and it may give you the power to control them, but influence is about producing results and creating change.

As a leader, you can gain more influence by tapping into the “heart” of those you want to affect. As a result, we need fewer title-driven leaders and more influential leaders because, as a leader, your influence can significantly impact a person’s professional and personal life.

Molly’s leadership provides a great example of what outstanding leadership can accomplish with inspiration and influence. Leadership is about people; inspiring people to believe that the impossible is possible, inspiring people to perform at heights they never imagine; inspiring people to believe in something beyond their own self-preservation to make a positive impact on their community, their company, their department, and by extension the world. 

When people recognize that leadership is all about people, great things can happen, and your company will be among the very best in the world.

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