Lesson 4: The Joy of Celebration

Over the past 4 weeks, one truth has become increasingly clear. Leaders are missing out on one of the greatest aspects of leadership - Celebration.
 
Why is that?
 
Truth: Many leaders are wearing themselves out because they are not getting out of the way. (This stings a bit, but it might be true for me, too!)
Truth: Many team members are leaving your organization because they are tired of not having the opportunity to leverage their strengths.
 
Leaders - We have good intentions. Everything gets busy. We just get it done. We make it happen. It’s faster. But, then, the follow-up (the actual work) has to take place and no one on the team is ready to carry it on.
 
Hence … you miss the joy of celebration.
 
If you are staying up late doing what your team members should be doing, you are not celebrating. You are setting everyone up for failure. You have to learn to train, delegate and empower.
 
One the greatest rewards of a leading is celebrating the growth and opportunity of our team members.
 
You celebrate when milestones are hit, goals are met, or tasks are done at a high level.
 
Then you celebrate in a way that in meaningful for your team members. That’s another thing I love about the SDI 2.0. The Core Strengths platform and Outlook Plug-in provide clear tips on how to encourage a team member who is not wired up like me.
 
We need to make sure we set team members up for success and celebrate them.
We need to make sure we celebrate our team members in a way that makes them feel valued and appreciated.

The sense of gratitude, joy and confidence that welled up in Titus after he successfully rode the motorcycle was well worth the effort to set him up for success. 

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