George Washington Carver on Vision

   This is a great refrain to team members that are struggling to get on board. This is the type of leadership quote that can be written in board rooms from now to eternity. When someone is so focused on flaws, they forget that they need to fix them.

   The literal definition of leader is one who leads. You must take charge of the team and lead them on the journey. If you just drive them to wear they need to be, you are managing them or bossing them around, but you aren’t really leading.

   As a leader, you have to take risks. The very idea of taking having the ship, is to take it out to sea. If you only do what’s best for the team or the company, you’ll never go out there and do anything. You’ll sit and wait for things to happen for you.

   When you are in the role of leadership, you must consider the desires of those you are leading, but you must not solely rely on them for shaping where to go. You must mold the will of those behind you that you are the one with the answers.