Take Immediate Steps to Improve Communication

When communication gets off track, straying from the desired direction, good leaders work to improve communication so it returns to the right track. Good leaders do not let interpersonal conflicts fester. They know success relies on a level of harmony between followers. So, when dysfunction is evident they address it. Good leaders communicate to ensure their followers' harmony and focus.

Design Tools to Help People

Tools serve people...making their lives easier, making their lives more productive, adding quality to their lives...assisting them as they build. Good leaders know the power inherent in tools. Good leaders ensure their people have access to good tools. And, to maximize opportunities for performance good leaders ensure their people have customized tools...creative, customized tools.

Focus on Solutions

Leaders see solutions. Solutions and solution-thinking are around the essence of leadership. Good leaders connect with followers who are like minded about solutions. Some followers are naturally solution-oriented, others need to learn that problems are the routes to solutions, growth, and opportunities. Leaders do 2 things to promote solution-orientation: they lead by example...and...they teach.

Seek Simple 

When people go about business things can get complicated and that can happen quickly. Good leaders know the difference between simple, complicated, and complex. Good leaders conserve their energy, saving it for the complicated and complex things. One strategy that ensures energy is conserved so it can be put to best use is Seeking Simple...separating wheat from chaff...helping followers do the same.

Understand Business Contains Only 3 Things: People, Process, & Situations

"People, Processes, & Situations" is an example of seeking simple.  Good leaders know success is all about people...so good leaders invest time connecting with, serving, mentoring, and strengthening good people. Good leaders ensure processes [including tools] serve people, helping people convert actions into results. Good leaders know situations have a most-powerful effect on behaviour, so they plan for and construct situations.

Thought Tweet #924 On your road to Influence...help people remember and share their most productive experiences.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When people recall productive experiences they find themselves on positive 'emotional ground'.

When people are on positive 'emotional ground' you improve your ability to influence them toward constructive action.

And, when people are on negative 'emotional ground' the opposite is true...so, take the time to help people get on the more-positive 'emotional ground'.

Thought Tweet #922 Motivation & Influence are siblings: the 1^st is inherited & the 2^nd can be adopted.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Motivation: people are born with self-drive...if others didn't thwart it then we would be seeing evidence of its magnificence everywhere.

Influence: when our willpower is strong we can influence our own behaviour and when we are gifted or skilled at interpersonal relationships we can influence other people's behaviour.