3 Rules of Extraordinary Leadership

Leadership development journeys can sometimes be blocked by a minefield of confusion. When our clients, on their individual leadership development journeys find themselves at a similar point, we remind them of the 3 rules of Extraordinary Leadership


Rule 1 - You can't do it alone!
Extraordinary Leaders recognise the need to acknowledge those people who have supported and inspired them throughout their development journey.

Consider those leaders who have achieved greatness - Barack Obama, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Donald Trump……and even Simon Cowell - not a single one of them achieved the extraordinary by being completely independent. Without the support they received from their colleagues and teams they would never have achieved the desirable positions they attained, and would not have lasted long within them without it.

Rule 2 - Become a Personal Leader before a People Leader Extraordinary Leadership requires insight, mindfulness and the ability to lead from the Inside-Out. Developing personal leadership involves becoming aware of and accepting our own strengths, weaknesses, desires, values and personal goals. Through this identification and acceptance you can then adapt your own behaviours to truly maximise the effectiveness of your performance.

Understanding yourself before you try to understand and lead others develops a true leadership capability. After all would you trust the running of your company to someone who doesn’t even know what they favourite colour is?!

Rule 3 - Get things done
Leadership is focused with achievement and results, put simply it involves getting things done. An Extraordinary Leader encompasses a range of talents - Persistence, Commitment, Resilience, Problem-Solving, and Creativity - to create activity which is constantly changing and evolving. Leaders don’t tow the party line, they make effective and brilliant decisions to maximise situations and results even if others don’t understand or like the decisions made. An effective leader can be depended upon to say tactfully what needs to be said.

Leaders are not immune to making mistakes, but the ability to put right these mistakes is the mark of an Extraordinary Leader.

And one more rule...there are no rules!

Melissa Wong, Marketing Consultant to Different Dynamics