Leadership is not about a title. Leadership is not about the size of your office. Leadership is not about having formal authority. Leadership is a Mindset. Leadership is a way of operating through your days.
Leadership is a Heartset. Leadership is a way of being. And I think you know we’re now in Leadership 2.0. The old model of leadership said, you need to have a lot of money or you need to be a prime minister or president. You need to be a CEO or managing director in order to be a leader.
Leadership 2.0 is fundamentally different. Leadership 2.0 simply says, if you can breathe, if you are alive, you not only have the opportunity, you have the responsibility to show leadership, not only in your work, not only in your creativity, not only in your impact, not only in your influence, but even in your personal life. Install the lead without a title mindset.
And again, that’s just a way of thinking. It’s an approach. No matter what you do, no matter what your station in life is, start thinking like a leader, because you really have a choice when you go out in the world every day. You can be a victim or you can be a leader, but you can’t do both. And so the more you practice showing leadership in your work, showing leadership with your family, showing leadership in your community, showing leadership in your private self practice drives performance.
And the more you practice it, the more you start to step into the mindset of a leader without a title.