{"id":4833,"date":"2015-09-06T15:11:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-06T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=4833"},"modified":"2015-09-06T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T20:11:10","slug":"3-dimensions-of-grit-in-leadership-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/06\/3-dimensions-of-grit-in-leadership-development\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Dimensions of Grit in Leadership Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Would you use the word \u201cgrit\u201d to describe your commitment to leadership development?<\/strong><\/p>\n

At this year\u2019s Global Leadership Summit, Bill Hybels taught on the \u201c5 Intangibles of Leadership\u201d, starting off with the concept of \u201cgrit\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In defining grit, Bill quoted psychologist and researcher Angela Duckworth by saying, \u201cGrit is passion and perseverance over the long haul.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can such grit actually apply to your own commitment to developing yourself as a leader?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To see if this applies to you, ask yourself these three questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. How much effort would I expend to expose myself to leadership development?<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the international Global Leadership Summit season now upon us it is, I am reminded of how much leadership development grit we\u2019ve seen around the world. In parts of Africa we have seen pastors who would walk for several hours, or days, to sharpen their leadership skills by attending the Global Leadership Summit.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s leadership development grit.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Over the years is my appetite for development growing or waning?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not long ago I spoke with my friend Phillip Mutzelburg, who helped to found the Willow Creek Association in Australia more than 20 years ago<\/p>\n

An accomplished leader in the church, business and the military, I asked him what keeps his drive for leadership development alive. His response? \u201cI keep discovering how much I have to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s leadership development grit.<\/p>\n

3. How far do you push your leadership development boundaries?<\/strong><\/p>\n

By that I mean, do you keep looking for, and learning from, new leadership authors and experiences?<\/p>\n

One leader I spoke to in the Philippines told me, \u201cWhat keeps me coming back to the Global Leadership Summit each year is the exposure it gives me to brand new concepts from leaders I\u2019ve sometimes never even heard of.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s leadership development grit.<\/p>\n

To grow as a leader requires enormous tenacity and resolve over a long period of time. It is not, as Bill reminded us, for the faint of heart.<\/p>\n

Let me urge you to evaluate your “grit level” through these simple questions.<\/p>\n

Because as your grit towards development goes up, you can be sure your effectiveness in leadership will grow just as much.<\/p>\n

How do you maintain grit in your own development?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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