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Ray Higdon Challenged My Leadership

Ray Higdon
Ray Higdon

Ray Higdon Challenged My Leadership

Ray Higdon kicked off a four part series on leadership last night.  I had purchased Ray’s Master Sponsoring Secrets course earlier this year and was given access to this four part series as bonus.  Leadership is not a new subject for me, as I have been in a variety of leadership positions over the past 20 years and have served in executive leadership positions for the past 12 years.   In addition to my experience I have been training and mentoring leaders during most of that time as well.   So as I jumped on to last night’s I was curious to see what insights Ray would be able to add.

Ray Higdon Identifies My Inner Compass

The first challenge that Ray put in front of me, dealt with my inner leanings.  He flushed this out by discussing the responses he had received earlier in the day to his .  To give you a little background, Ray had hired a personal assistant to gather the emails of everyone eligible for the and to send an announcement to those individuals.  Ray used the responses he had received to flush out the inner dialogue going on with the individuals on the call.  I must admit, that when I looked at how I had responded to not having received my invitation, it pointed out a chink in my leadership armor, something that needed to examined.

Ultimately this opened up a deep truth about leaders.  A true leader is not afraid of careful inspection or examination.  In fact a real leader will welcome such interactions.  In my own life, I have made it a priority to have people of differing opinions in my inner circle to “shoot holes in my balloons.”    This process has allowed me to identify my own areas of weakness and oversight in an effort to give those who have entrusted themselves to me the very best leadership I can offer.

Ray Higdon Affirms The #1 Principle Of Leadership

Ray asked the question:  “What is the most important thing a leader can do?”  The answer of course, is to lead by example.  Ray went on to describe a common pitfall that many network marketers fall into once they begin to experience some success.  They shift from leader to manager and ultimately suffocate their business.   When a leader begins to feel personally responsible to making sure everyone succeeds they get mired down in micro management in cheer leading.  Ray emphasized that the greatest leadership we can give to our people is to continue to push forward with those things that have made us successful.  As we continue to achieve, we set the precedent for those that are watching and following us.   This thought was capped with this profound statement:  “Our objective is not to create followers, but instead create other leaders.”  When an individual exhibits strong leadership, they naturally attract other like minded leaders.  Ray Higdon is quick to remind people that he is never the top lead generator in his business; however, he is the number one money earner in his business and he attributes that first and foremost to his leadership attracting other leaders.

Although this 4 week course is a private training event, you can find a great deal of high quality leadership training from Ray Higdon on his website at rayhigdon.com.