A Shockingly Simple Perspective on Great Leadership

What Is a Leadership Mindset?

A leadership mindset is a different way of looking at the world. It’s a certain perspective that’s developed based on a person’s experiences.

These experiences – whether they’re from a person’s childhood or a leadership course they took last year – help shape a way of thinking that can enable us to become better leaders.

Achieving a Leadership Mindset

Contrary to what many people may think, Joe Britto suggests that becoming a better leader is not actually about you.

He encourages managers to look outside of themselves and shift their perspective from “What can I do better?” to “How can I help my team succeed?”

“The measure of our success as a leader is less about how many people follow me, or how many people I can get to do the things that I want them to do,” explains Joe, “and more about how many leaders am I creating.”

To achieve a leadership mindset, Joe recommends:

• Viewing success as a direct result of your team’s efforts
• Investing time in understanding people and helping them grow
• Encouraging your team to bring big ideas forward
• Giving people the chance to run with those big ideas
• Providing a positive experience for your team

What Sets a Great Leader Apart from a Bad One?

The biggest difference between a good leader and poor one, according to Joe, is flexibility of mind. He describes this as people’s ability to change course on a project or task in order to accommodate a bigger, better idea.

Joe believes that the greatest mistake someone in a leadership role can make is not using their team’s brainpower. Specifically, this can happen when managers ignore employees’ feedback or try to contain people’s ideas.

How to Become a Better Leader

Want to help your management team become more effective leaders? Bring in a professional team coach and management consultant like Joe Britto to help you tackle your business challenges head-on.

Get a free consultation to discuss which session would be right for your team.

“Thank you for a great four days. With your guidance, our team was able to see that we could work differently as an organization. What were our ‘management meetings’ are now our Leadership Meetings. Your perspective was so valuable in getting us to this level of working.” — Access Group

Don’t forget, you can also tune into Joe’s interview above, or download the episode by subscribing to our podcast, Outback Talks: The Employee Engagement Podcast, on iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.