Enlarging Others

Team members always love and admire a leader or co-worker who is able to help them attain another level in their career, someone who enlarges them and empowers them to be successful. Leaders, teammates & co-workers who enlarge them, have several things in common:

1. Enlargers value what their teammates value: Your teammates can tell whether you believe in them. People performance usually reflect the expectations of those they respect.
2. Enlargers value what their teammates value: Leaders and co-workers who enlarge others listen to discover what their teammates talk about and watch to see what they spend their time and money on. That kind of knowledge, along with a desire to relate to their fellow co-workers, creates a very strong connection.
3. Enlargers add value to their co-workers and teammate: Adding value is really the essence of enlarging others. It is finding ways to help others improve their abilities and attitudes. An enlarger looks for the gifts, talents and uniqueness in other people, and then helps them to increase those abilities.
4. Enlargers make themselves more valuable: Enlargers work to make themselves better, not only because it benefits them personally, but also because it helps them to help others. If you want to increase the ability of a teammate/co-worker, make yourself better.

How does your team and fellow co-workers see you? Are you an enlarger? Do you make them better than they are alone through your inspiration and contribution? Do you know what your team or co-workers value? Do you capitalize on those things by adding value to them in those areas?

If this resonates with you, I challenge you to make yourself better and then take some specific steps to enlarge your team or co-workers today.

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