Module 11 - How To Become A Million Dollar Leader

How do you define leadership? What does leadership look like? Do you consider yourself to be a leader? Do you even want to be a leader?

Those are some pretty probing questions you are going to have to answer if you want to become a Million Dollar Leader.

The great "leadership guru" John Maxwell says "Leadership is Influence." I would have to agree with him. That is one of the hallmark qualities of all leaders... the ability to influence others.

That influence may be for the wrong reasons, or the leader may have the followers doing horrible things, but it is nevertheless influence.

This module will have you digging deep into the concept of leadership and hopefully you will find the leader in you through this module.

Let me share a story with you about Fred Wilpon, former president of the New York Mets, currently serving a Chairman and CEO of the New York Mets.

The story goes like this... One afternoon Wilpon was leading a group of school children on a tour of Shea Stadium. He let them stand behind home plate. He took them into the team dugouts. He walked them through the private passage to the clubhouse. As the final stop on the tour, he wanted to take the student into the stadium bull pen, where the pitches were warming up.

But right outside the bull pen gat, the group was stopped by a uniformed security guard. "The bull pen isn't open to the public," the guard told Wilpon, obviously unaware of who he was. "I'm sorry you can't go out there."

Now, Fred Wilpon certainly had the power to get what he wanted right then and there. He could have berated the poor security guard for failing to recognize such an important person as himself. With a dramatic flourish, Wilpon could have berated the poor security guard for failing to recognize such an important person as himself. With a dramatic flourish, Wilpon could have whipped out his top-level security pass and shown the wide-eyed children how much weight he carried at Shea.

Wilpon did none of that. He led the students to the far side of the stadium and took them into the bull pen through a different gate.

Why did he bother to do that? Wilpon didn't want to embarrass the security guard. The man, after all, was doing his job and doing it well. Had Wilpon chosen to yell or cause a scene, the guard might well have ended up feeling resentful, and no doubt his work would have suffered as a result. Wilpon's gentle approach made infinitely more sense.

Fred Wilpon is a leader and not just because of the title he held or the salary he earns. What makes him a leader of men and women is how he has learned to interact and influence people.

What is needed today is leadership to help people achieve what they are capable of. Leadership does not begin and end at the top. You have the potential to be a leader every day.

Are you becoming a Million Dollar Leader?

Now, get started on module11...

Johnny Wimbrey

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