If you are a regular reader of this site, you know my friend Bryan Miles is one of my favorite leaders. Bryan and his wife Shannon are co-founders of BELAY Solutions – a virtual solutions organization.
Bryan recently joined Casey Graham for his 7-Figure CEO Podcast which you can listen to by clicking HERE. The insights he gave on leadership is clinic all leaders can learn from.
The following 24 Lessons From A Coaching Clinic On Leadership we learn from this great leader. First is the lesson followed by his quote.
- Some Great Leaders Are Introverts – “I’m definitely an introvert…When I’m around a bunch of people it drains. I need time by myself so I can think.”
- Facts Are Your Friends – “I do love data. I’m a bit of a data nerd.”
- Great Leaders Are Informed Leaders – “I want you to scare the people on the other side of the table about how much you know about our business.”
- Great Leaders Take Care Of Their Health – “I’m much more consistent in how I work out.”
- Leadership Has Tough Seasons – “Acknowledge there are seasons that are going to be really tough. And that’s OK.”
- Leaders Must Realize What Is Truly Important – “I didn’t start this business to make my wife a widow and my kids not have a dad.”
- Smart Leaders Know Their Limits – “You’ve got to know your learn your limits.”
- Exercise Provides Mental Clarity – “I have much better mental clarity when I work out.”
- Smart Leaders Build In Time For Decompression – “I do carve out time for lunch and that’s a time for me to decompress.”
- Great Leaders Ask Great Questions – “I try to become a good detective and ask questions and learn why.”
- Everything Rises And Falls On Leadership – “When something’s broke or jacked up it usually points back to a leader.”
- Great Leaders Teach Others To Be Great Problem Solvers – “One of the best things I can do is be a good problem solver. But better yet, teach my leaders how to be a better problem solver than me.”
- Own The Business Don’t Run It – “Shannon and I have a desire to own the business not run the business.”
- Success Is A Made Up Of Daily Steps – “When you mountain climb it’s just one step in front of the other.”
- Leaders Carry A Great Weight – “I’ve got the weight of a business on my back and I’m walking up a hill.”
- “Must – Should – Could. Write down three things today I must do, then should do, and last is three things you could do. You finish all the must first.”
- Great Leaders Have Strong Values – “Travel is a family value for us.”
- Great Leaders Take Time For Great Reflection – “How I journal? I ask myself a question and answer it.”
- A Leader Who Doesn’t Celebrate Is A Leader Not Worth Following – “We throw some of the best company parties I’ve ever known.”
- Smart Leaders Celebrate The Advancement Of Their Mission – “Our celebrations aren’t always our metrics or revenue. Sometimes our celebrations are did we move our mission…Our employees are more connected to our mission.”
- What Matters Most Is How Many Lives Are Impacted By Your Business – “Revenue represents lives that were impacted by our service.”
- Leadership Has Great Joy And Pain – “There’s great joy in owning a business that’s successful. There’s great pain in that as well.”
- Great Leaders Date Ideas – “When you’re in tough times go back to when you started the business. Go back to when you were dating your idea.”
- “Enjoy the climb as much as you could.”
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