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Sharma: Leadership 2.0 The New Way to Win
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Editor’s note: This is the first in the series of Robin Sharma blog posts for his six-week leadership challenge, “Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be.” There’s still time to join the challenge for updates sent directly to your e-mail. Join the discussion at Facebook about Robin’s first challenge post.
The old model of leadership is obsolete. Businesses that were once admired have crumbled. Leaders who were once revered (in fields ranging from commerce to sports) have lost face. The respect for Wall Street has been replaced by a renewed passion for Main Street. And with it, has come a completely new way to lead.
As comedian Steve Martin once said, “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
The powerful idea behind my new book, The Leader Who Had No Title (available in bookstores after April 6), is a simple one: you need no title to be a leader. This isn’t just some motivational platitude to rally the troops on a sunny Monday morning. It’s a game-changing concept that, when fully applied, will take your business as well as your personal life to a completely new level of wow.
Just imagine how fast, innovative and excellent your business will be once every single teammate—from the janitor to the executive—begins to see themselves as the CEO of their own area of responsibility. Wrap your mind around how great your brand will become the moment each of the people you work with makes the quantum leap from any form of victimhood into 100 percent personal leadership. Just consider how successful you and the people around you will become if everyone, from your teammates in the mailroom to the 
ones in the boardroom, worked like Picasso painted and performed like Steve Nash plays ball.
To show you an inspiring example of someone leading without a title, please watch this inspiring video of a man named Burt, a world-class carpet installer.
OK, so let’s get down to tactics. How do you flawlessly execute around the “Lead Without a Title” philosophy so you begin to see the results available to you? Here are four proven actions steps:
1. Lead By Example. The way you perform sends a message to everyone around you as to how they should perform. Every day, each one of us has a profound choice to make: we can play the victim, or we can perform like a virtuoso. Today, reach deep into yourself and make a decision to do nothing less than your absolute best. Or as comedian Steve Martin said, “Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
2. Excellence at Every Touchpoint. Outright excellence is the only standard worth bothering to play at any more. Anything less is resigning yourself/your personal brand and your organization to mediocrity.
3. Make the Time to Think. Your billion-dollar ideas don’t show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal discipline to make space for your creative mind to flourish. Make the time to ideate in a journal, retreat from the busyness and pause so you access your best ideas.
4. Create Genius-Level Value. Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution. The more people you help and the more value you create, the more your business will fly—and the quicker you’ll win.
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Just read the blog and truly impressed by these ideas. The idea that success is not a function of title is superb. Everyone could be leader in anything that he do.
Always loved reading Robin.
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Burt is a great example of enjoying the work and being successful in what he does. There are many of us who are tired of what we are doing. We must focus our energies on the job and not on complaints. This way, we can be like Burt who is a leader without a title.
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These ideas are great. These are what I need for myself and for my team to be able to make fresh plans to reach our objectives. Thanks a lot.
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Striving toward excellence in all I do and creating genius level value are two amazing goals to have. Being able to stay focused on them no matter what is happening is a true acheivement.
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I’m up for the challenge althought joingin late. Last year I set myself the possbility of being “a courageous and inspoirational leader for others” When I said it for the first time I had no idea how it would look, what I needed, could do and am still seeking an answer. Lead by example and create genius level value are a good start
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Shelby with SUCCESS Magazine Reply:
March 26th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Never too late, Beverley! Welcome to the challenge
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Great interview with Burt! It kind of makes me think we are getting back to the basics when performing at ones best.
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Leading by example is the most important that a leader must have. A leader must follow what he is commanding so that his subordinates will follow him with loyalty and not for the sake of receiving salaries.
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brilliant, this is exactly what I’m establishing in my team. Be present and accountable for everything you do today, right here right now. Make a choice to be excellent…
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I have noticed over the years, with the different titles I have attained, that we become distracted by the title itself. It becomes the talking point upon meeting someone, instead of really getting to know someone. It’s time we made leadership “all about people. “
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I’ve seen the video and I was really moved by the dedication of that person. Many of us think that our work is hard and boring. We just need to think of other people who are doing jobs that are harder but they are enjoying it even though they are paid less than we do.
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Robin,
Thank you for this blog. The video with Burt was awesome and awe-inspiring. I look forward to the next six weeks.
Get to it, people. Work hard, play hard, and live fully!
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Great post, Robin. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire post, but what stuck out to me is the importance of subscribing to excellence at every touchpoint and creating genius-level value.
These are the hallmarks of excellent brands, and the more entrepreneurs connect to this notion, the more powerful their presence in the market place.
Thanks for the great insight, Robin. I’m looking forward to your next offering!
~JT
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I just read Sharma’s blog after getting news that one of my volleyball players could not make the commitment our team needed her to do. I was angry and feeling a little down. I read the blog and it hit me, I was dropping into mediocrity and not setting the example I should. No one on a team is indispensible. There are younger players who now have the opportunity to step up and show the coaches what they can do. One door closes and another door opens. I am so glad I read the blog!
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Great wisdom, thanks for sharing.
Getting everyone to buy into the vision and master their own area of the workplace will not only benefit the overall business but also the individual. Rather than being ‘extra work’ a sense of ownership and empowerment will liberate the employee and bring a renewed motivation.
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