When individuals are pursuing growth in their leadership capacity, it’s usually because they realize they need to improve their ability to influence┬áif they want to┬áget others┬áto follow them into their vision. What many young leaders┬áfail to┬áunderstand is the factor of magnetism.┬áThe truth is that we┬átend to attract people that posses similar qualities to ourselves. Therefore, trying to create a team of people who posses the skills you’d like to work with isn’t as easy as it seems. Who you attract under your leadership is determined less by what you want and more by who you are.
Let’s take a look┬áat three┬ámain areas of magnetism. Review them and set realistic expectations of who you’re able to lead based on your degree of magnetism.
ATTITUDE
Attitude is one of the most contagious characteristics. Positive leadership tends to make people feel and act more positively and negative leadership tends to make people feel and act more negatively.┬áIf you’re dealing with a team full of negative personalities, then you should evaluate your own attitude. If you’re wanting a team that is more positive, then it┬áfalls on you to lead them there.
VALUES
Whether good or bad, you will attract people who posses similar values to your own. The character that you posses is what you’re very likely to find in those who┬áare following ┬áyou. If you’re seeing consistency of┬ábad character on your team, it’s time to evaluate what kind of character you’re displaying in your leadership.
LEADERSHIP ABILITY
In addition to gravitating toward similarity, people are also going to gravitate toward leaders that are stronger than themselves. If you’re at a very low level of leadership capacity, then you cannot expect that high level leaders will want to follow┬áyour vision. Be in hot pursuit of leadership growth and you can expect to see the same desire for growth from your team. When you increase your leadership capacity, then you will begin to see people with higher leadership ability begin to follow your vision.
