Positive Focus
A leader needs to focus on the positive by asking the right questions.
“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” (Herm Albright)
There are managers who manage through fear and intimidation and managers who focus on the positive to manage their teams. I believe that you get better, more long lasting results from leaders who focus on the positive. Positive leadership inspires and motivates us to achieve more than we would have on our own. Granted being positive alone is not enough. Leaders must have vision, commitment and confidence. Leaders must communicate with clarity. Leaders must be consistent, yet adapt to an ever changing business landscape. But ultimately leaders need to take responsibility and instill trust in the people who work for them. True leaders take the blame for failure and never take credit for success. It is the leader’s ability to build great teams and have those teams do the right things that creates success.
A leader needs to focus on the positive and be positive. Negativity does not excite and brings down morale and the energy of the team. Focus on what people, teams, and companies do best and ask: How can you improve on what you do best? How would you know that you have improved? And what would it mean if you did improve? Will improvements have a positive impact and will you be able to measure that impact? You need to know that you have improved and how that improvement has helped. This defines the right things to do and gives you the proper focus.
Again, the stress is on looking at difficulties and hurdles in a positive way and taking a positive approach, creating an environment that believes in itself and believes in success.
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” (Unknown author from www.thinkexist.com)
For a really good positive leadership site go to Terry Starbucker’s site http://www.terrystarbucker.com/