Leadership is not Waiting for Support

By Barry LaBov

Carol Ann is a friend of mine. She loves golf and had a dream. She wanted Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana to host a national golf event. Sounds good, but it means a lot of work for a lot of people. It means taking a chance that the event doesn’t turn out well.

Well, her dream was realized and the event was a huge success, thanks to her hard work and the hard work of hundreds of others.

She told me at the closing celebration how happy she was and that only a few months ago people did not believe in the dream, but as time went on and the event took shape, they started to support it more and more.

This is what all leaders face, whether at a non-profit event or in a multi-national corporation with 800 dealers worldwide.

A true leader doesn’t wait for support before taking action. They take action and the support follows them. If you wait for enough support so that your task is easy, then you’ll probably never get started. A true leader has the vision, the passion, and is willing to stick her (or his) neck on the block to make it reality. With that commitment, along will come the support of those who start to see and feel that vision, too.

The question to each of us is, are we willing to stick our necks on the block to make our vision happen?

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