LEADERSHIP AND INFLUNCE SERIES
Hello, everyone so I’ve got a special series to bring your way this week and I know you guys are going to love it. I want to share with you a step by step guide to becoming a better leader and building your influence on people to the highest level. I have prepared an outline from some of the best leadership authors and I know you are going to love it, I mean who wouldn’t. Leadership is the difference between where you are and where you want to be, and like the Saying goes everything Rises and Falls on Leadership. So put on your seatbelts as we embark on this journey of becoming a great influencer and an outstanding Leader among your Peers.
THE 5 LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP
Leadership (which is a specific application of influence) is at its lowest level when it is based on POSITION only. It grows and goes to a higher level as you develop relationships with others. That’s when they give you PERMISSION to lead beyond the limits of your job description. As you and your followers become more PRODUCTIVE together in your work, then your leadership can go to level 3. And when you begin to DEVELOPE PEOPLE and help them reach their potential, your leadership moves up to level 4. Only a few people reach level 5 because it requires a person to spend a lifetime developing others to their HIGHEST POTENTIAL.
THE 4 LEVELS OF INFLUENCE
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Influence functions in a similar way. It grows by stages. Let’s consider each level:
People are first influenced by what they see. If you have children, then you’ve observed this. No matter what you tell your children to do, their natural inclination is to follow what they see you doing. For most people, if they perceive that you are positive and trustworthy, then they will seek you as an influencer in their lives. And the better they get to know you, the greater your credibility will be and the higher your influence can become.
When you meet people who don’t know you, at first you have no influence with them at all. If someone they trust introduces you to them and gives you an endorsement, then you can temporarily “borrow” some of that person’s influence. But as soon as they have some time to observe you, you either build or bust that influence by your actions.
One interesting exception to this modeling process occurs in the case of celebrities. Because of their preoccupation with television, movies, and the media, many people are strongly influenced by others whom they have never met. More often than not, they are influenced not by the actual individual but by the image of that person. And that image may not be accurate. Nonetheless, they admire that person and are influenced by the actions and attitudes they believe that person represents.
If you want to make a really significant impact on the lives of other people, you have to do it up close. And that brings you to the second level of influence: motivating.
You become a motivational influencer when you encourage people and communicate with them on an emotional level. The process does two things: (1) it creates a bridge between you and them, and (2) it builds up their confidence and sense of self-worth. When people feel good about you and themselves during the times they’re with you, then your level of influence increases significantly.
LEVEL 3: MENTORING
When you reach the motivational level of influence with others, you can start to see a positive impact in their lives. To increase that impact and make it long lasting, you have to move up to the next level of influence, which is mentoring.
Mentoring is pouring your life into other people and helping them reach their potential. As you give of yourself, helping them overcome obstacles in their lives and showing them how to grow personally and professionally, you help them achieve a whole new level of living. You can truly make a difference in their lives.
LEVEL 4: MULTIPLYING
The highest level of influence you can have in others’ lives is the multiplication level. As a multiplying influencer, you help people become positive influencers in the lives of others and pass on not only what they have received from you but also what they have learned and gleaned on their own. Few people ever make it to the fourth level of influence, but everyone has the potential to do so. It takes unselfishness and commitment. It also takes time. In order to move up a level in influence with people, you have to give them more individual attention.
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