5 Levels of Leadership: LEVEL 1: Downsides Part 1

www.BruceandBrian.com Building the Business of YOU... Lead By Example Overview of the 5 Levels of Leadership Level 1: Position • Position is lowest level of leadership • Your only influence comes by way of your job title • People follow because the have to. • Based on rights granted by the position and title. • Everything is wrong with using position to get people to follow you. • Position is a poor substitute for influence. • Never a leader at this level, only a boss • Have subordinates not team members • Rely on rules, regulations, policies and organization charts to control their people. • People will only follow within stated boundaries of their authority • People do only what is required of them. • Don’t get discretionary effort. • Usually have difficulty working with volunteers, younger people, and the highly educated. • Have no influence • Tend to be more independent • Does not require effort or ability to achieve this level. • Anyone can be appointed a position. source: John Maxwell  www.BattlefieldTraining.com Lead By Example