Want to see how effective your leadership is with a Team or family in a covert way? Want to gauge your influence and how much they look and watch what you’re doing and how well they take on ‘your’ leadership?
Try this. Develop a phrase or a saying and casually drop it into everyday conversation. It could even be a slogan of some sort or a motto (but that’s pretty obvious). But regardless, use it every now and then.
Then, take note of how long it takes the Team to start using that phrase or slogan themselves in their conversations. You’ll get a good idea of how the Team listens to you, and more importantly, how or if they are emulating your leadership traits and styles.
It’s a lesson for us leaders, that we always being watched, for better or for worse, and our teams reflect our leadership and attitude.
Oh, my phrase?
I’ve used “Do your job and do it right” for a while.
And yes, I hear it echoed in my team almost daily.
Go lead from the front!
Semper Fortis
Chief Chuck