Who's the Greatest?

When looking at the heart of a leader, those that follow really only have a chance to see the actions of the leader.  Your motivations, aspirations and purposes come out more in what you do than what you say.  This reveals the heart of the leader to those around.

If you are running out for lunch, do you offer to buy for others?  Do you even offer to pick something up?  When you walk past them in the office, hallway or building, do you always say hello?  Do you attend meetings on time?  Do you hold meetings with purpose?  Only invite those that need to be there?  Always be respectful of their time and opinions?

In posing the question, who's the greatest?, I am asking what is your real objective?  In order to be the greatest, you must be willing to be the last.  You must be willing to serve your followers and support them in their efforts.  As a leader, your job is to provide direction, support, vision, help, mentoring, guidance.  It is not to just shout out orders, give commands, expect and demand because you can.  This is leading others by fear, not by a passion to serve the interest of the group.

True leaders lead others by helping them, encouraging them, offering the proper amount of input based on their skill level for that task.  A leader that takes time to develop a team member will achieve long term results. 

Sounds like common sense and straightforward right, but do you always do it?  The challenge today is to find out the one thing from one person you lead that could help them WIN.  What can you do for them that will help there job by easier.  Whether at home, at work, in a club or small group, ask one person what you could do for them today, as their leader, that would make their job easier.  Trust me, instead of it being your agenda, you are working on their agenda.  This is how you become the greatest, by serving the greatest need of another.