How do you describe a great leader? Is it one who has a lot of followers? or one who creates leaders?
If leadership is the ability to influence, to impact people in a positive way and they want to learn from you, be around you, you uplift them…then it would seem to make sense that a great leader has many followers. But here’s the thing, leadership is compounding. If you are adding followers they add on one at a time, but leaders who create leaders will multiply their impact by the sheer fact that you will also be an influence on the leaders and the followers they themselves are creating.
Great leaders take the time to connect with people, they invest their time and energy in the process of developing the leaders they are creating. They focus on people’s strengths, and know that to truly be successful they must help the people they are developing to succeed and meet their own goals and dreams. They understand that everyone is unique, and there is no cookie cutter way of communication, coaching and training. Everyone has their own speed and the more a leader understands the way to impact people, the bigger his (or her!) influence.