{"id":4910,"date":"2015-11-10T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=4910"},"modified":"2015-11-10T05:50:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T11:50:00","slug":"your-ownership-reveals-your-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/10\/your-ownership-reveals-your-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Ownership Reveals Your Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated from June 15, 2015 post<\/em><\/p>\n

As the leadership team from the Willow Creek Association puts its final touches on our 2016 plan, it calls to mind a vital leadership lesson that emerged in a previous meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At issue in this meeting of Willow Creek Association leaders, was the direction of a successful initiative. The initiative had been launched by a particular department a few years ago, and had since grown well beyond the scope of that one department. It now was a part of virtually every aspect of the organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But with this growth it was now realized that the department who launched it, and that department\u2019s leader, were now merely one part of a much larger whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And so, the inevitable question was raised.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, who\u2019s leading this thing, anyways?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer to that question would come by delving in to 3 crucial leadership principles. And these are three pretty good questions that can bring clarity to your own leadership too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>If you lead it, you need to own it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To figure out who should be leading this initiative the first thing I looked for was \u201cWho really owns this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho lives and breathes these results? Who lies awake thinking about this? Who kicks over trash cans when this initiative isn\u2019t going well?\u201d<\/p>\n

Those are signs of ownership.<\/p>\n

And the person who has the highest level of ownership needs to be calling the shots.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>If you don\u2019t own it, you can\u2019t lead it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t matter what the organization chart says. It doesn\u2019t matter what the business cards say.<\/p>\n

Just because an initiative happens to fall within someone\u2019s job description doesn\u2019t make that person the best leader.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s just no ownership, there\u2019s just no leadership.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The higher your ownership, the higher your leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ownership and leadership are inextricably linked. Want to raise your level of leadership? Raise the level of your ownership.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the point. When you look at the things you believe you\u2019ve been called upon to lead, ask yourself, \u201cDo I really have a sense of ownership over this?\u201d<\/p>\n

If the answer is \u201cNot really,\u201d take the high road and find out where that level of ownership really does sit.<\/p>\n

Chances are, that\u2019s where the real leadership is sitting.<\/p>\n

Are you leading anything you\u2019re not really owning?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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