A worthwhile resolution

If you are going to make a resolution, then resolve to, “Come alive in 2025!” To come “ALIVE” is to:

Be Authentic:

Let authenticity be your #1 goal, every day. The value of a leader rests in their authenticity, plain and simple. I picked up a saying in my early years somewhere between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Barnum, Minnesota and several back and forth stops in between, but that’s a story for later. The saying, having two sides to it, is both protective and convicting. One side reads, “He/She/It ain’t true” and the other “He/She/It is true.” People guard themselves against the first and give their best to the second. Authentic leaders are “true” through and through, so, let that be you.

Lead well:

Choose to “love” the privilege of leading, and the people you lead. Serve as an “example” of what it means to be a “team-player.” Let “accountability” be your #2 goal for the year. It is important to remember that the “A” in the word lead represents accountability, without it you are simply led, by whatever owns you. Finally, “devote” yourself to valuing your leadership profession by committing to being the best leader you can be from the inside, out.

Be Impactful:

I have always maintained that if good leadership is about influence, then great leadership is about impact. Impact determines how far your leadership influence goes in the lives of those you lead. Impact goes straight to the heart of a person and can be both inspiring and infuriating. Positive impact inspires people to allow you, the leader, greater influence in their lives; they listen better, invest more, value your perspective, emulate your example, and serve unconditionally. 

Value People:

A leader will never go wrong by choosing to value people. To value people is to consider them vessels of promise carrying within them the cargo of success. Furthermore, to value people is to see their potential, to speak to their potential, and to tap into their potential. Do these things daily, and your leadership will not be in vain, and your legacy will most always remain.

Be Engaged:

Isolationism has no place in the leadership arena. Isolation is to leadership what poison is to the body; If left unchecked, it leads to the death of effective and successful leadership. Engagement is a leader’s close quarters, hand-to-hand contact. To engage is to connect and to build the necessary circuitry for trust to flow. Here’s a leadership thought to help you as you strive to come alive in 2025, “Be the rage, stay engaged!”