Mentor April Page

Be Know Do Framework For Leadership

So you want to be a leader? Have you ever read the book, Be-Know-Do? That book tells you how to be a leader through a combination of lessons from the Army’s battle focused training manual and a series of organizational leadership case studies.

If you are a leader and have built the relationships that are founded on know, like and trust, those around you will grow to respect you. To be such a leader there is the Be, Know, Do Framework of Leadership to guide you.

A professional
Loyal to your job, business or organization
Perform selfless service
Take personal responsibility

KNOW

Who you are! Your strengths, weakness of your character, knowledge, and skills.
The four factors of leadership: follower, leader, communication and situation.
People: human needs, emotions, personality color and how people respond to stress.
Your Job, Business or Organization (where to go for help, it’s climate and culture and who the leaders are)

Provide Direction and Instruction (goal setting, problem solving, decision making, planning)
Implement by communicating, coordinating, supervising and evaluating.
Motivate: develop morale, train, coach, mentor and counsel.

Great Leaders develop leaders at all levels that lead with integrity, values and are able to take action and make things happen.

Wishing You an Abundance of Success,

April Page

850.441.2307 anytime

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How many times have you heard the statement; “He is a natural born leader?” I know I have heard it countless number of times. When I started my business in 2006, it did not succeed as fast as I had expected. I felt as if there was something wrong with me and I thought I was not a “natural born” leader. But as time passed and I stuck with it, I realized that leaders are not made over night, nor are they born “naturally.” I now know and believe that we are all perfect just the way we are! We are all born with the tools we need to succeed, including the ability to be a leader.

To be a leader there are certain choices we must make. We have to choose to become a leader and we have to choose to learn leadership skills. We must have a desire to be a leader. Not just any type of leader, but a good leader, a leader people will want to follow. Good leaders are made and not born.

A leader is someone you grow into through self-development, education, training, experience and life changes. Good leaders are continually working and studying to improve their leadership skills. They are not sitting around on the couch watching television and eating a bag of Doritos.

Leadership is defined as a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. A leader can inspire their workers, team, or followers to higher levels of teamwork. These do not come naturally but are acquired through continual work and study. This is done by applying certain leadership attributes, such as beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge and skills.

Most people confuse leadership with position because of the responsibility and authority that goes along with management, supervisory or upline position’s. Most people take this authority and equate it with power and believe this automatically makes them a leader. Or they measure their leadership by the size of their team, group, downline, or organization. Neither of these factors make a person a leader. Leaders are made and not born. Therefore, if you have not grown into a leader and you don’t know how to lead; that only makes you the boss!

Leadership is more than being the boss and bossing people around! It is a never ending process of self-development, education, training and experience. People want to follow someone they respect and has a clear sense of direction.

Leaders convey a strong vision of the future and they make the necessary sacrifices to build people, build relationships and to become better leaders.

To Your Abundant Success,

April Page
850.441.2307 anytime