Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women

CHAPTER 1

MEET AND EXCEED THE STANDARDS YOU ASK OF OTHERS—LEAD FROM THE FRONT

True leaders are less concerned about the rewards of being a leader and more aware of the responsibility that the role brings—the responsibility for serving as a role model to those around them. In other words, direct reports do not a leader make. We have seen managers with huge staffs fail miserably at leading their teams and have to endure high turnover and poor performance from their employees. On the other hand, we’ve witnessed people without management responsibility whom others in the department looked to for guidance and direction—an administrative assistant, an executive receptionist, and a newly promoted sales rep. They were achieving results for their employer ...