Good morning!
David Green / 53 / CSPAN (Can’t Seem Place A Name)
Welcome to Qsource – today we are talking topic F4 “LDP” for week 4 (posted Jan 23, 2022).  I always like to start with a story of how we got here. In my life journey, I always get positive feedback on the way I develop leaders, so while I am not an expert, I want to share with my thoughts regarding ways I see leaders developing
opportunities for other leaders.

First off, leadership is not necessarily a God given gift, most leaders have a long trail of failures followed by a few triumphs that everyone remembers, if you are ready to understand that it takes a perfect combination of God Given gifts / Opportunities / Arrogance (a positive fear of failure) / and determination or grit to be a successful leader, please continue to read on. Side notes for another day, you can take that leader and move them to a site across the street and they will transform into a failure because one of those variables being off – seen it happen and push on if you are currently in a bad leadership situation.

Here is my BLUF –
1. Lead with love
2. Show them leadership and the work
3. Allow them to do the work with your oversight and with limited responsibility for failure
4. Give them all the work with some responsibility
5. Step yourself out of the situation, let them work, cheerleader them to their success

First story is Zima, an absolute great guy. Liked F3 but was very comfortable keeping us at arm’s length, I applied the steps above and got him involved with First F (fitness), he enjoyed it, got super energized and I just rode beside him for a few years as he did the same technique to other men. Now every Zima mile you run, and I’ll toss in a sarcastic “that mile was 2.87 miles”, and “you are welcome”. Zima is now an extremely successful husband, father, and real estate leader in our community.
Second story is our man Dark Helmet, he was looking for so much more when he showed up at F3. I used the technique above and added the Double-D treatment that I got upon my arrival. #ALR (Ask Listen Remember) this gave me the opportunity to see the benefits DOAH could bring with a very specific form of leadership and communication skill to improve our group. He just needed more #4, and #5 has been so enjoyable to watch. Helmet is now on ‘fire” for all things leadership, and he showed up thinking he found what he needed, but really F3 found the leader that we needed.

I’ll end with a few work stories. I use the same exact format when training General Managers. With General Managers it is more about #3, and building their confidence, getting some success, and gaining the trust of others on the team. On the topic of trust, #1 is how you develop leaders at any level, to take interest in someone and investing in them changes their worldview. Almost all my leadership success stories at work revolve around being their first boss who cared if they truly improved. Getting better was not always nice, it was calling out and addressing a defect, as loving as I could.  Leaders love authentic leaders and can sense, and call bullshit a mile away. Be very careful as you start an LDP because you may come across as “rough/mean” but authentic love will always come through, and drive the desired results.

I can go on and on – please start the discussion – and shoot me a DM or text if you want to continue the conversation.

AYE!