Real Leadership Tips; Change Starts with Us

Clearly, it was not by accident that when Gandhi set out to be a change agent in the world, he looked inward and started with himself first. As leaders, how many of us look inward in order to make an impact outward?

Prior to my first position in leadership, I was a customer service representative who made a lot of mistakes. I was young (no excuse) and I did not take my job seriously. Instead of focusing on meeting my performance goals, I focused more on being popular and hanging out with the “in crowd.” Clearly not leadership material.

It wasn’t until I was passed up for a position doing the job I was currently doing in a interim role that I realized that I needed to take a closer look at how I was performing. If I didn’t start taking my job seriously, not only would I find myself in a position that could leave me without a job, but I would continuously be passed up for opportunities to advance.

I would have no one to blame but myself. It was only after I began to take my job seriously, became accountable for my actions and my performance and looked inward to see what changes I needed to make that things started to change for me.

We all have the ability to be the change we want to see in the world; whether that world is the workplace, classroom or elsewhere, it must first start with us.