There is only one factor limiting your company’s growth: YOU! “The only constraint of a company’s growth and potential is the top leadership’s ambition and capabilities.” YOU ARE THE CONSTRAINT. The market, the opportunity, everything is there. It’s up to you as a leader to set the pace, clear the obstacles, get the resources, and create the conversations to grow the company faster. “The most important thing you have to manage is yourself. Do that right, and everything else falls into place.” AS A LEADER, YOU ARE YOUR ONLY CONSTRAINT.

 

The number one bottleneck or constraint to the growth of any organization is the leader. It’s true every time. There are no exceptions. Your leadership ability is the major limit to what you can achieve in business. It’s that skill that determines if you can turn your organization into a rocket ship to the moon.

 

It’s your fault

While you are “to blame” when things go right, when they go wrong, it’s also your fault. All your fault. As the leader, you ultimately have 100 percent responsibility (personal accountable) for everything. When a customer is mistreated at a store, don’t blame the customer service agent with a bad attitude. You’re to blame. Top to bottom, front to back. EVERYTHING. IS. YOUR. FAULT. After all: When a company gets in trouble, what do they do? They normally fire the CEO/ Managing Director. When a team starts losing? They replace the Head Coach. When the country’s not doing well? They want to oust the Prime Minister/ President!

Sure, when your ship comes in, you’re going to win big. But if the ship goes down? You go down with it, Captain.

 

The math of deception

Knowing that everything hinges on you, there’s only one question you should be asking right now: How is my leadership? You most probably think you’re at least above average? Maybe better? Are you sure? Studies consistently show that we often think we’re better at things than we really are. Doctors, pilots, teachers - the vast majority of professionals - think they’re better than average. Leaders are no different - in fact, 75 percent of people in leadership positions think they are in the top 10 percent of the field. You believed you were better than you actually were. Knowing this fact, you have two choices. You can discount this information as nonsense and continue to believe what you believe, thereby preserving your ego. Or you could take it seriously and make a decision to get better. The only solution, is to stop believing you are better, and simply get better. The truth is we can all improve our ability to lead!!!

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Source: “The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, by Darren Hardy”.