#LeadershipTuesdays: You Have What ItTakes...Tyra Banks

“You have what it takes to be a victorious, independent, fearless woman.” 

—Tyra Banks

Joshua Abner

Every other Tuesday, womenatliberty.com provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today a Forbes article on building self-confidence in your team is featured. I heard this analogy some time ago: the seed has the potential within itself to become a beautiful flower; it just needs to be planted, cultivated and watered. What would the world be if every leader or coach tried their best to build self-confidence in their teams by first teaching them that they have within themselves the potential to excel and then secondly, leading them by the example, “Be. Do. Say.”?

Some believe that the way to build a great team or person is by tearing individuals down and building them to the leader’s or organization’s fashion. That’s passé or old school. When you know better, you should do better. Part of being a leader is your ability to ‘lead by example’ and then cultivate leaders around you. You should not desire to build clones, but people who believe in themselves and their teammates.

Our organizations and schools are better off when they start with the notion that this person I’m leading or coaching has something to offer and my job is to not only get them to do the job at hand but to also help them prepare for new opportunities by building self-confidence in them. Maybe they need more training or maybe I need to give them an assignment and spend some time coaching them on preparation and presentation. That’s part of being a leader.

If you desire to be a great leader and one who knows how to build self-confidence in their team members, check out today’s resource, “How Great Leaders Bring Out Others’ Self-Confidence”, on the @LeadershipTues Twitter timeline. For more information on #LeadershipTuesdays, check us out on Twitter: @LeadershipTues. Happy Women’s History Month!!