Something I was reminded of today. Attitude reflects leadership.

As a leader, your performance affects the rest of your team. If you lead with an iron fist, your followers will mostly obey, but only out of fear. Not a fun environment. If you lead like a servant, your followers are more willing to sacrifice for you and for the vision. When you are willing to dig in and fight with your team, it makes the team more willing to fight with you.

I think a part of our culture is skewed when it comes to this. We think that we lead by force or by right. While strength, talent, and wisdom are all important leadership qualities, we need to remember that unless we lead like a servant, our leadership is not whole.

So, how do you lead? How does your team think you lead?