How to reach the top and stay there?
27 August 2014
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We often wonder how the world's greatest leaders managed to reach the top so easily? How did they do it and why them in particular? Make no mistake, but those who succeeded stumbled, worried and doubted themselves. They are people like everyone else, except that they "knew how to do it" to achieve their goal.
So how did they do it? Below are a few examples that will help you better understand their success and who knows, will allow you to reach the top you have set yourself?...
They know how to play "politics"
Here we are not talking about governmental politics but rather about being able to interact with people who possess what we want and who want what we have to give. To achieve your goals, you must be able to influence and convince others to get what we want, and that is what great leaders have understood.
The ability to persuade is one of the essential qualities of great leaders. They understood that it was necessary for them to build friendly, effective and influential relationships with others to achieve their goals. Tell yourself that even if the person you meet today cannot do much for you now, they may be able to do so in the future...
They are more interested in others than in themselves
One might wrongly think that a great leader is narcissistic and self-centered. On the contrary, a great leader has understood that his own story is not as interesting to others as it is to himself and that it was smarter to focus first and foremost on others to succeed.
When you pay attention to others, it inevitably makes them want to share more with you. As a result, a bond is created and a relationship of trust is established. A great leader always knows the names of his interlocutors and focuses entirely on what they are saying when they speak...
They face their fears
We are all afraid of failure, and great leaders are no exception. They too are afraid of failing and looking stupid. However, the difference is that they know that the people they interact with are also afraid of failure.
So why do they succeed better than others? Because they face their fears and those fears do not restrain them, on the contrary. They drive them to action and stimulate them because they have understood that doing nothing at all is much worse than failure. They believe in themselves and stubbornly seek change, and that is what makes the difference...
They never show their emotions
Great leaders never let anything show on their face, even if they have had a bad day or have received bad news just before entering an important meeting.
Why? Because they know that people are watching them, talking and waiting for this to judge them. They carefully choose the people they can trust completely and with whom they can let their guard down...
They know how to manage their energy
The world's great leaders have understood the importance of their own energy in the development of their careers. They have therefore learned to know what gave them energy to take advantage of it and also what could absorb it to avoid it.
They have thought about what nourished them and what exhausted them, and this approach is very important to move forward serenely and positively. It allows us to get rid of the bad vibes and bad thoughts that could block our evolution. Great leaders have understood this but above all realized that they had the power to influence their energy...
They know how to give credit
Great leaders don't need to hear their praises sung or tell others how wonderful they are. Great leaders don't take compliments seriously and take responsibility when things go wrong.
But above all, when they succeed, great leaders give credit to their staff, their board of directors or their collaborators. To reach this level of self-confidence, they have identified their uncertainties and then fought them. Above all, they have been able to take criticism personally and ignore it to keep moving forward...
They never criticize
A great leader never speaks negatively about his company or the people he works with. You will never see him taking part in critical discussions. Simply because by doing so, great leaders have understood that people will never trust them and that they will never build a solid relationship with them. They have understood that by acting in this way, they will definitively lose the respect of others.
A great leader never laughs while others are speaking, nor rolls his eyes about someone, nor talks about his private life with anyone. He never gives an infamous speech about a person, subject or place with which he is in contact and never denigrates...
They exceed their responsibilities
Great leaders don't just do their daily work, they work outside existing systems and even change those systems to get what they want.
They always come up with innovative ideas, new options for positions, new projects... that no one, not even their superiors or predecessors, had thought of before them. In short, they are pioneers and innovators...
They have a private life outside of work
Besides knowing how to balance their private and professional lives, great leaders quickly understood that it was essential for them to have a private life to learn more about others, acquire a vision and improve their knowledge.
They can thus realize that they are not the center of the world, that the problems they encounter in their work are unimportant to most people, and that the difficulties they encounter... are not, simply they learn to relativize...
Philippe Montant
CEO of ReKrute
So how did they do it? Below are a few examples that will help you better understand their success and who knows, will allow you to reach the top you have set yourself?...
They know how to play "politics"
Here we are not talking about governmental politics but rather about being able to interact with people who possess what we want and who want what we have to give. To achieve your goals, you must be able to influence and convince others to get what we want, and that is what great leaders have understood.
The ability to persuade is one of the essential qualities of great leaders. They understood that it was necessary for them to build friendly, effective and influential relationships with others to achieve their goals. Tell yourself that even if the person you meet today cannot do much for you now, they may be able to do so in the future...
They are more interested in others than in themselves
One might wrongly think that a great leader is narcissistic and self-centered. On the contrary, a great leader has understood that his own story is not as interesting to others as it is to himself and that it was smarter to focus first and foremost on others to succeed.
When you pay attention to others, it inevitably makes them want to share more with you. As a result, a bond is created and a relationship of trust is established. A great leader always knows the names of his interlocutors and focuses entirely on what they are saying when they speak...
They face their fears
We are all afraid of failure, and great leaders are no exception. They too are afraid of failing and looking stupid. However, the difference is that they know that the people they interact with are also afraid of failure.
So why do they succeed better than others? Because they face their fears and those fears do not restrain them, on the contrary. They drive them to action and stimulate them because they have understood that doing nothing at all is much worse than failure. They believe in themselves and stubbornly seek change, and that is what makes the difference...
They never show their emotions
Great leaders never let anything show on their face, even if they have had a bad day or have received bad news just before entering an important meeting.
Why? Because they know that people are watching them, talking and waiting for this to judge them. They carefully choose the people they can trust completely and with whom they can let their guard down...
They know how to manage their energy
The world's great leaders have understood the importance of their own energy in the development of their careers. They have therefore learned to know what gave them energy to take advantage of it and also what could absorb it to avoid it.
They have thought about what nourished them and what exhausted them, and this approach is very important to move forward serenely and positively. It allows us to get rid of the bad vibes and bad thoughts that could block our evolution. Great leaders have understood this but above all realized that they had the power to influence their energy...
They know how to give credit
Great leaders don't need to hear their praises sung or tell others how wonderful they are. Great leaders don't take compliments seriously and take responsibility when things go wrong.
But above all, when they succeed, great leaders give credit to their staff, their board of directors or their collaborators. To reach this level of self-confidence, they have identified their uncertainties and then fought them. Above all, they have been able to take criticism personally and ignore it to keep moving forward...
They never criticize
A great leader never speaks negatively about his company or the people he works with. You will never see him taking part in critical discussions. Simply because by doing so, great leaders have understood that people will never trust them and that they will never build a solid relationship with them. They have understood that by acting in this way, they will definitively lose the respect of others.
A great leader never laughs while others are speaking, nor rolls his eyes about someone, nor talks about his private life with anyone. He never gives an infamous speech about a person, subject or place with which he is in contact and never denigrates...
They exceed their responsibilities
Great leaders don't just do their daily work, they work outside existing systems and even change those systems to get what they want.
They always come up with innovative ideas, new options for positions, new projects... that no one, not even their superiors or predecessors, had thought of before them. In short, they are pioneers and innovators...
They have a private life outside of work
Besides knowing how to balance their private and professional lives, great leaders quickly understood that it was essential for them to have a private life to learn more about others, acquire a vision and improve their knowledge.
They can thus realize that they are not the center of the world, that the problems they encounter in their work are unimportant to most people, and that the difficulties they encounter... are not, simply they learn to relativize...
Philippe Montant
CEO of ReKrute
