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(CSN) In what way favourite questions to ask leaders is, “What are you working towards?” It is a difficult question to answer because it is a question that requires thinking. On the surface, most leaders will say that they are working towards results or that they are working towards success. Upon digging deeper and asking questions that will allow them to expand, what I find is that most leaders are looking to make a lasting impact. The challenge is not in wanting to make a lasting impact but in defining what that means. As a leadership coach my goal is to help leaders work towards legacy building as opposed to results building. Results building focuses on the short-term and on a hard result but true legacy building are connected with people. If all a leader does is focus on a result then the legacy will be short-term. But if the leader focuses on leaving their legacy by creating an impact through people, that legacy can live on for hundreds of years. Political commentator Walter Lippmann said, “The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind in others the conviction and will to carry it on.” In other words, if a leader cannot do it without you, then you haven’t been successful in raising up other leaders to carry on the message. One of my higher purposes of developing legacy through generational leadership (Coaching Boys Into Men Program) is to ensure that we help equip a generation of men who will make great impact through their business relationships, social relationships, family relationships and their community relationships. I truly believe that the greatest leadership legacy a person can leave is in developing others. If I am able to help a person grow into a leader, whether that is a leader of their family, organization, or community, then they will be able to duplicate the process and equip leaders. The result is a multiplication effect of people development as opposed to people being dependent on one person. You remove the leader who everyone is dependent upon and the legacy dies with him. One of my greatest challenges in working with senior leaders is to have them transfer their knowledge and experience to younger generations. All of the knowledge and experience inside of them is no good if it is not invested into others. Duplicating what you know and what you do is the true power of exponential growth. If you want to leave a legacy, invest in people. People are what matter in this world, not money, status, monuments or buildings. Only people. I once heard that achievement comes to people who are able to do great things for themselves. Success comes when they lead followers to do great things for them. But legacy is created only when they put their people into a position to do great things without the leader. And the legacy that you leave behind lives on and through the people that you have impacted. So the questions that every leader, parent and citizen must ask is: What is my legacy? Who am I investing in? What imprint am I leaving behind? + 1
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