Mindset of success

 

 

 

1. Which of the 8 Leadership Skills are your strongest?  Why?

 

 

Vision is one of my strongest leadership skills. I am able to paint a picture of the vision to anyone and sell them on the dream. This trait will help me recruit key employees, with a start-up business.

 

Talent Development is a skill that I have acquired through working in network marketing. In network marketing, it is imperative that you pull talent from your team members to get them to their full potential. This is done simply by observing, listening and helping with weaknesses. This skill will be valuable because as a start-up we may not have the money to hire many employees, so it is essential to pull the strengths from the employees we can afford.

 

Communication Expert is a recently acquired skill that allows me to go “Communication Crazy”. This meaning using all forms of communication including text, email, blogs and snail mail. This skill helps me to respond with a sense of urgency, and makes it easy for people to contact me. Having great communication also allows me to have great listening skills and take effective actions.

 

 

Adaptability allows me to adapt myself to any situation that occurs. When running my Breeding Facility, two of my breeders died. I didn’t let the event stress me out, or hold me back. I went on the internet and found breeders who needed supplies and traded a great amount of supplies, which I got wholesale, for two lizard breeders. In that situation I adapted to the situation of not having two breeders and found a solution. Another example is when I ran my gym shoe business. Once Nike sent a cease and desist letter, I was forced to stop selling Nike shoes on Ebay. I then adapted by finding another brand to sell, and multiple selling venues that would amount to the number of shoes I was selling on Ebay.

 

 

Personal Growth is one of my favorite leadership skills. With this skill I am constantly in search of articles, books, and websites about entrepreneurship. Outside of business, I read other types of books to expand my knowledge. Being a young entrepreneur it is imperative that I have not only excellent business knowledge but also an overall knowledge of the world. I also set life and business goals to keep me focused and moving in the right direction. This skill will also help me grow with my business and help the people on my team grow with me.

 

Presence is one of my strong leadership skills. With this skill I show my humility, confidence and professionalism. I am able to exhibits patience, humor and compassion when interacting with others while still being productive. I have a likeable but serious presence that demands respect in a business setting.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Which of the 8 Leadership Skills are areas of opportunity for you?  Why?

 

Deep Thinking is one skill that is improving but still needs help with. I am able to go deep on things that I choose to go deep on and in business it is a must that I go deep on everything to have a clear understanding of what’s going on.

 

Living the Culture is one skill that I am working on and it really just has to do with my consistency. Sometimes I stay consistent with the culture and other times my actions are outside of the culture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.       What actions will you take to improve these Skills?

 

 

Deep Thinking- I will improve this skill by continuing to read articles and making myself a master in the industry. If I am very knowledgeable of the business I will be able to make good situations based on knowledge and previous experience.

 

Living the Culture- To improve this skill, I will start by

writing out each ISM and defining the ISM with my own words. This will allow me to see which ISM’s I do and don’t understand and implement. For the ISM’s I don’t understand I will create a task a day for each ISM. For example, one ISM that I don’t implement is “Taking the roast out of the oven”. In this case, I will take action in the process of launching my business everyday. Instead of sitting at the computer I will make phone calls, and take a step to launching my business with an         action, such as establishing a vendor relationship or finding a web designer to help with the development of the business.