12 Practices Of Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders To Your Organization

I once had a worship pastor tell me, “Brian, if you can get two or three good musicians, it gets easy from there.  Musicians are attracted to musicians.”  And so it is with leaders.  Leaders are attracted to leaders.

I was reminded of this truth when I read a recent USA Today article on how many of today’s top high school quarterbacks are using their influence and position to recruit other players to join them at their college of choice.

As I read the article, it became obvious the principles applied not only to college football recruiting, but also churches, businesses and non-profits.

The following are 12 Practices Of Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders To Your Organization I gleaned from the article:

1. Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders Network Really Well  – Top quarterback recruit Dwayne Haskins of The Bullis School in Potomac, MD has spent years building relationships with other top players in the area and around the country.
2. Highly Successful Leaders Attract Other Leaders By Recognizing Opportunity – Unsuccessful leaders dismiss the potential in the gathering of leaders.  The relationships Haskins has built were birthed from years of football camps.
3. Highly Successful Leaders Attract Other Leaders Because They Have Built Influence – The announcement of Haskin’s decision to play at the University of Maryland was attended by more than a dozen other top players from the area.
4. People Want To Be Around Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders – They have charisma.  Bullis coach Pat Cilento said, “People-wise, everybody loves him.”
5. Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders Have Talent – Cliento goes on, “People want to come play with a guy with his talent.”
6. Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders Have Large Platforms – When Haskins announced his college decision on Twitter, it was retweeted nearly 1,000 times.
7. Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders Give Their Organizations Hope – This is why you must do everything possible to secure the talents of Highly Successful Leaders.  When the Terrapins got Haskins, it allowed them to have an opportunity to secure the services of many other players.
8. Highly Successful Leaders Attract Other Leaders With Big Vision – No one wants a mediocre existence.  People want to make a difference with their lives.  Haskins said, “There are guys I’ve built relationships with, I feel as though if we play together we can do something special.  Especially guys in the area that I’m really close with.  If we all went to the same school together we can have the same impact, like people did at Miami (Fla.) in the 1980s.”
9. Highly Successful Leaders Who Attract Other Leaders Are Always Recruiting Even More Leaders – Highly Successful Leaders know you can never have enough leaders.  Haskins now uses his phone and social media presence to recruit players who have yet to make their college decision.
10. Highly Successful Leaders Attract Other Leaders By Design – Leaders attract other leaders not only be default, but by design.  Nebraska recruit and fellow Elite 11 quarterback Patrick O’Brien works in a coordinated fashion with the team’s coaches to connect and build relationships with other potential recruits.  Texas recruit Shane Buechele says, “They tell me some guys to go after and I know some guys to go after, some local guys that are interested in the University of Texas.”
11. Highly Successful Leaders Attract Other Leaders By Showing Them Respect – Successful leaders do not want position.  They want respect and influence.  Top high school quarterbacks understand the time demands of other players during the recruiting process.  Therefore, rather than lengthy phone conversations, they utilize texts or direct messages on Twitter to protect their time.
12. Highly Successful Leaders Attract Other Leaders By First Being A Great Leader Themselves – What makes recruiting so easy for top high school quarterbacks, is everyone wants to play with them.  Everybody loves a winner.

Network, Recognize Opportunity, Develop Influence, Be Attractive, Have Talent and a Large Platform, Give Hope, Have Big Vision and Always Be Recruiting, Be Strategic, Show Respect and Become A Great Leader Yourself.

Do these 12 practices and you too may be a Highly Successful Leaders Who Attracts Other Leaders.

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