{"id":4220,"date":"2014-11-10T20:43:11","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T02:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2014-11-11T08:34:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:34:57","slug":"the-secret-one-two-punch-of-effective-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/10\/the-secret-one-two-punch-of-effective-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret \u201cOne-Two Punch\u201d of Effective Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret. Passion is a required trait for any leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But on its own, passion isn\u2019t enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Passion is certainly required to attract a team, to launch change, and to begin driving towards a better future. But it will only get you out of the starting blocks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Effective leaders know that passion is only one part of a leader\u2019s one-two punch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For long-lasting impact to occur, a heavy dose of discipline must come along right after passion.<\/p>\n

Discipline is the ability to systematically and methodically push through obstacles. It\u2019s what enables a leader to channel all of that passion into a sustainable plan that delivers results.<\/p>\n

Together, passion and discipline create a formidable leadership combination.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 realities leaders know about the one-two punch of passion and discipline:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion sees the vision. Discipline translates it into action.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>2.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion attracts a team. Discipline builds the team<\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion makes good decisions. Discipline implements the decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion establishes values. Discipline lives the values out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion envisions a healthy culture. Discipline makes it happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion describes the goal. Discipline forms the strategy to reach the goal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion creates priorities. Discipline executes the priorities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion generates ideas. Discipline turns them into reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Passion challenges people to grow. Discipline helps the do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Passion drives innovation. Discipline drives implementation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The point, of course, is not that one is more important than the other.<\/p>\n

Rather, passion and discipline are dependent on each other.<\/p>\n

But the reality is, passion gets more press. Passion is flashier. But without the discipline to translate all that passion into action, you\u2019re left with nothing more than hype.<\/p>\n

So by all means, be sure your leadership contains plenty of passion.<\/p>\n

Just be sure it\u2019s followed up by a heavy dose of discipline.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the one-two punch you\u2019ll need for long-lasting, high-impact results.<\/p>\n

How do you make sure discipline always accompanies passion in your leadership?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret. Passion is a required trait for any leader. But on its own, passion isn\u2019t enough. Passion is certainly required to attract a team, to launch change, and to begin driving towards a better future. But it will only get you out of the starting blocks. Effective leaders know that passion is only…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,769,5,738,478,7,580,582],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action","category-culture-2","category-discipline2","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-leadership","category-results-2","category-sports-analogies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4220"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4231,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4220\/revisions\/4231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}