{"id":6232,"date":"2018-09-10T21:09:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T02:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=6232"},"modified":"2018-09-11T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T16:14:40","slug":"how-to-recognize-the-moments-of-truth-that-establish-your-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/10\/how-to-recognize-the-moments-of-truth-that-establish-your-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recognize the Moments of Truth that Establish Your Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leadership is a role that must re re-established every day, by passing through a series of \u201cmoments of truth\u201d. The key is to recognize those moments when they come along.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A moment of truth takes the form of opportunities to do the right thing, over doing the easy thing.<\/p>\n

This morning my first moment of truth came on a busy morning commute into the office. Traffic was crawling along the long two-lane road, but at least we were moving. Up ahead I noticed a car stuck on a side-street, with the patient driver trying to find a break in the traffic to merge into our street.<\/p>\n

Every fiber in my being screamed at me to avoid eye-contact and to simply keep inching my car forward. But the leader in me recognized that my day\u2019s first moment of truth had arrived.<\/p>\n

Each day begins with a leadership blank slate. And as the day progresses you are presented with a series of moments that provide the opportunity to re-establish your leadership.<\/p>\n

Can you recognize them when they present themselves?<\/p>\n

Here are 5 leadership moments of truth you could face today:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Choosing to engage in a difficult conversation, when it would be easy to simply avoid the conflict.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2. Keeping your office door open and inviting conversations, when it would be easy to shut out the world.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

3. Being the first to apologize, when it would be easy to pout and to wait for the other person to\u00a0make the first move.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

4. Taking the time, and interest, to find out what is really bothering your teammate, when it would be easy to keep the conversation at a superficial level.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

5. Sticking with the problem until you had found a solution, when it would be easy to just move on to a simpler task.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As leaders, we do not enter into our day entitled to carry the mantle of \u201cLeader\u201d like an inherited badge of honor. Leadership is a privilege that is re-earned daily, and it happens each time we choose the right thing over the easy thing.<\/p>\n

So as you enter into the new day, keep in mind that your first order of business is to re-establish your leadership mantle, and then to continue establishing that mantle throughout the day.<\/p>\n

You do this by seizing the moments of truth that constantly present themselves.<\/p>\n

Recognize them. Do the right thing.<\/p>\n

And lead again for another day.<\/p>\n

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