Boss vs Leader - Do you understand the difference between the two?

A leader must learn to serve others through mentoring them. This episode will help you all uncover the following: What is a mentor? What are the qualities a mentor should possess? What are the benefits of a mentor? Who can be a mentor? Can a mentor be a friend? What does a mentor/mentee relationship look like?

What is the difference between a Boss and a Leader? After listening to this episode, ask yourself, which would you rather be: a Boss or a Leader?

As leader, you must have a high level of influence in order to effectively lead the people you are in charge of leading. You must first understand that your interactions and coaching need to be felt long after you’re gone. Your influence on this earth must have a sweet and lasting aroma for decades to come.

Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. There are three kinds of empathy: cognitive, emotional and compassionate. As a leader you must make a conscious effort to not be too much of one thing.

We are all given the same 24 hours in a day. We must learn to value time, prioritize and not allow ourselves to just go through the motions each day. Time is something we cannot buy back, once the day is gone, we cannot buy it back. Create a to do list to help with the proper time management.

In order to become a good listener, you must stop listening to respond but instead listen to understand. You must know the difference between listening vs hearing. These three areas help paint a better picture for what active listening should be; Practical, Social, Personal Development. Four factors that cause us not to listen: self-absorption, ‘know it all’ attitude, distractions, and overestimating our listening skills.

What does it mean to be generous? It is showing a readiness to give more of something, as money or time, than is strictly necessary or expected. Are you a leader that’s willing to give more than you receive? Generosity is not solely based on finances, you can be generous with your time and knowledge. Your generosity level cannot be low or mediocre when leading a team. There’s only one level when it comes to our level of generosity; high.

Simon Sinek has two books called “Start With Why” & “Find Your Why”. Can you be transparent enough as a leader to communicate the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of everything. It’s extremely important to be a transparent leader and avoid being labeled as untrustworthy.

Nurturing behaviors are: being fully present in your interactions with children, teenagers, adults, and the elderly (verbally and non-verbally), validating their feelings, providing physical affection and comfort when sought, laughing and playing games, don’t take yourself too serious, providing safe mental, physical and social challenges that promote healthy growth.

Insecurity is a feeling of general unease or nervousness that may be triggered by perceiving of oneself to be vulnerable or inferior in some way, or a sense of vulnerability or instability which threatens one's self-image or ego. This area must get checked before ruining you and your team. Once you overcome this area of your life you will become an even better leader.