What Are The Five Levels Of Leadership?

Position means that people are going to follow you because they are obligated to do so. That means that your influence is not going to go any further beyond your job description. The longer you stay here more people are going to do things because they need to do so and when it is not necessary they will say no.
Permission means that people are going to follow you because they would like to do so. That gives you a chance to make your work fun. If you stay too long here the people who like doing the things that they enjoy become restless and will go elsewhere.
Production is that people are following you because of the impact your work has on the organization. Right here people can sense that you have been successful. They like you as a person and the things that you have done. It is easy to fix the problems here due to momentum.
People Development is where long term growth happens. When you committ to develop leaders it will ensure the ongoing growth to your organization and to people. You must do whatever it takes to accomplish and remain at this level.
Finally Personhood. This is a step that is reserved for leaders who have been growing people and organization for years. Very few people make it and those who do are considered bigger than life.

Lawrence Bergfeld



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Avoid Excusemakers Or Get Destroyed!!!!

The people who make excuses that things can not be done do not know what they are talking about. Lets say people say that they do not have time to start their own business. That is an excuse. An excuse is filled with a lie behind it. Take for instance the busy real estate broker who works 12-14 hours per day selling million dollar houses 7 days a week. He does not listen to anybody who does not have time. He makes the time to work his business by sacrificing his lunch hour and right after work the first hour he dedicated to his business even if it is 9:00 PM at night. That is how he answers the question as to how can he make the time to build his business to enjoy the life style with his family.

Losers are the people who are the ones who you have to avoid like the plague. They do not talk about thoughts and ideas. They have no topic in particular to speak about so therefore they talk about people to just get attention. If you listen to anything that they tell you they are going to rent space into your head. That does not do you any good because if you do not use your mind, you lose it and eventually your brain dies out from not getting new information into it. Rather read a good book because you learn something new and are exercising your mind. At some point someone will be talking about what you read or your can share that idea with someone else.

When someone keeps brining a topic over and over again to you constantly let them know that you will not speak to them anymore if they bring that subject up. If they are a true friend they will talk about something else, if not then avoid them like the plague!!


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Lawrence Bergfeld
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