Discover how the same principles of effective parenting mirror lessons from leadership coaching related to fostering accountability, self-sufficiency, and inspiration within your team.
Parenting is leadership and leadership is parenting. Parenting requires learning the differences in how all of your kids are hard-wired, so that you can communicate with each of them effectively. The same practice is used in leadership positions. A father of three, Lushin Coach, Aaron Prickel finds himself wearing his leadership hat, implementing the same leadership principles he uses in the sales world to the ones he uses at home.
We all want what is best for our kids and what is best for our team, right? Are you using the same principles that you use at home with your family with your sales team? It's never too late to start.
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If you have children, you already know parenting can be the most fulfilling yet challenging role that exists. You love your children. Therefore you want to set them up for the absolute best life can offer them.
For that to happen, parents spend countless hours early on reading to them, showing them how to brush their teeth, dress themselves, pick up after themselves, interact with other children, and prepare them for school.
Parenting requires learning dreaded accountability around homework, playing taxi driver for the one-thousandth sporting or school event, and motivating them to put forth the best effort they can.
As they grow, you'll find yourself moving more from showing to asking them. And as we all know, the more it's their idea, the more likely they are to do it. What does this all have to do with leadership?
Parenting is leadership, and leadership is parenting.
- When your kids are five and you're teaching them how to ride a bike, do you hold onto the seat? Yes.
- When they're fourteen, are you still holding onto the seat? No—self sufficiency.
- When you literally show your kids how to tie their shoes early on? That's training.
- When you share your family values, the importance of respect and honesty? That's mentoring.
- When you help them break down a complex math problem by asking them questions they can figure out on their own? That's coaching.
- When you ensure they get their homework completed? That's supervising and accountability because you want the best for them.
- When you have them help out with chores? That's delegation, and it helps them learn to be self-sufficient.
Too often, leaders ignore the same skill sets and beliefs they use at home when it comes to their teams. Parents stretch their children. They want the absolute best for them. They realize they want inspiration, not domination.
Take a step back and ask yourself, am I helping or hindering my team from becoming the best versions of themselves? The path to success may already be happening in another role of your life. Why not utilize the skills you've already developed as a leader at home and professionally? Alright. Who's up?
