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A leader who does not know how to celebrate is a leader not worth following. Celebration is the payoff for all the hard work you have done. If your team has just accomplished something significant, you can always evaluate and improve tomorrow. Take a moment today and celebrate. Celebration is also the motivation for your team to keep working hard.
When it comes to celebration, few scenes top what took place in the locker room at Syracuse University this past Saturday. Though they were over 20-point underdogs, the Orangemen defeated the 17th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies 31-17. It was then that head coach Dino Babers gave the victory speech you see above.
As I watched the video, I gleaned 12 Benefits Of Having Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Success:
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Acknowledge Achievement – Not to overstate the obvious, this type of celebration only comes after a victory.
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Prioritize Times Of Celebration – Coach Babers brought his entire team together in the locker room immediately after the game. He did not wait until some time in future.
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Acknowledge The Price Their Team Paid – Nothing great happens outside of hard work. Coach Babers said, “People don’t know what we went through.”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Build A Sense Of Community – Celebrations are just better when other people are involved. Coach Babers pointed out, “We are together!”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Acknowledge The Contributions Of Everyone – Leaders are always giving credit away. He said, “We play as one. We win as one.”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Build A Culture Of Celebration – Coach Babers went on, “Off the field, on the field, picnics to the classroom, we are together.”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Create An Environment Of Transparency – At the :35 second mark, Coach Babers literally bent over with emotion because of his team’s performance.
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Make People Feel Valued – Coach Babers defiantly proclaimed, “They thought they were going to come in here and just have an easy game. Somebody in Vegas told them they were going to win by 20 to 23 points.”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Create A Sense Of Connection With Their Teams – Successful leaders own the result. He proclaimed, “They didn’t look into your heart. They didn’t look into your heart. They didn’t look into my heart.”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Establish Times And Places For Celebration – Coach Babers said, “Because they come into whose house?”
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Communicate What Is Worth Celebrating Over And Over Again – Coach Babers screamed the question, “Whose house?” 14 times.
- Leaders Who Know How To Celebrate Receive Great Loyalty From Their Teams – You get the sense the Orangemen would do anything for their coach.
And your team will do anything for a leader who knows how to celebrate.
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