31 Days to Leadership

By Larry Winget

 Jump start each day with the straight talk and practical wisdom of Larry Winget!

In such fast-changing, and often confusing times, America needs a straight-talk dose of Larry Winget reality more than ever.  Known as the Pitbull of Personal Development, and New York Times bestselling author, 31-Days To Leadership is Larry Winget’s "tell it like it is" version of the "thought of the day" calendar; the ultimate wake-up call for anyone who's looking for a lifeline and true empowerment. Designed to give you a condensed dose of Larry's wisdom, and an action-steps you can take today, this booklet is packed with memorable gems, such as:

• Six definitions of leadership.
• The importance of responsibility and accountability.
• The importance of putting together the right group of people on your team.
• Different ways to communicate expectations with employees.
• The importance of listening to your team members.
• Rules for delegation.
• And more!

• Language: English
• Publisher: G&D Media
• Release date: Apr 30, 2024
• ISBN: 9781722528287

Larry Winget

Larry Winget is a professional motivational speaker, bestselling author, television personality and social commentator.

Book preview

Day One

Definitions of Leadership

To begin, we need to look at just a few of the many definitions of leadership.

A person who leads others along a way; a guide.

—AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY

The aim of leadership should be to help people and equipment and gadgets to do a better job.

—DR. DEMING

The goal of most leaders is to make people think highly of the leader, but the goal of the outstanding leader is to make people think highly of themselves.

—UNKNOWN

Leadership is inspiring confidence in others.

—GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

—HENRY KISSINGER

Leadership is the ability to decide what is to be done and then to get others to want to do it.

—DWIGHT D. EINSENHOWER

Day Two

Take Responsibility

You are responsible. You are responsible for your own style of leadership. You are responsible for your team. You are responsible for results: for the results you and your team have achieved up until now and responsible for the results they will achieve in the future.

You must take responsibility. It doesn’t do any good to point the finger of blame elsewhere, because it’s up to you. You can’t blame circumstances. Things like the economy and your geographic area just don’t matter. You can’t blame your employees. You can’t even blame the company or any policy or procedure. You can’t blame anything or anyone. That is, if you are going to be a successful leader. Leaders take responsibility.