81: The Difference Between Being a Leader and a Top Performer
Your Virtual Upline Podcast
Bob Heilig
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2018
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about the difference between a leader and a top performer. We usually have a notion that these two are synonymous, but the truth is, not all top performers are leaders and you don't necessarily have to be a top performer to be a leader.
Top performers aim for results but leaders aren't judged by their results. Leaders are judged by looking at their team.
So what are the qualities of a leader?
1. They lead by example
- What are you doing today to lead your organization? Leaders should be models, especially on the way they lead. As a leader, you must be intentionally working with your team.
2. They help lift up the people in their team
- Again, legacy leadership. It's all about developing others in your team. Take the spotlight off of you and put your people on stage. Leaders get more joy when their people win.
So, are you a leader or a top performer?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Your Virtual Upline Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome everybody to the Your Virtual Upline Podcast episode |
| 0:10.0 | number 81, another edition of Five Minute Fridays. Today, I am going to |
| 0:16.7 | chat with you about the difference between being a top performer and a leader. |
| 0:25.9 | And I want each and every one of you |
| 0:27.7 | to be honest with yourselves and ask yourself, |
| 0:30.6 | are you a top performer or are you a leader? Now some of you might be thinking well Bob aren't they kind of the same thing I can think of plenty of people in my team or in my business that have achieved that esteemed rank or are making the big check and have |
| 0:46.4 | had a lot of success. |
| 0:48.0 | You know, they're top performers and they're all leaders. |
| 0:50.3 | We all refer to them as leaders. And I want to challenge you on this and I want to actually make a distinction and I want to let you know in my opinion |
| 0:57.6 | There is a big difference between a top performer and a leader and in not all top performers are leaders and you don't even necessarily have |
| 1:10.8 | to be a top performer to be a leader now some of you may push back on me a little bit but I'm going to explain to you |
| 1:16.3 | Why I feel the way that I do but I really want to hit home on this point that not all top earners are leaders. And here's my argument. |
| 1:24.0 | I define a leader differently. |
| 1:27.0 | See, I love this quote by John Maxwell where John Maxwell says, |
| 1:30.8 | you don't define a leader by their results, right? |
| 1:34.6 | You don't judge a leader's effectiveness by looking at them, you judge their effectiveness by |
| 1:39.5 | looking at their team. |
| 1:41.6 | And I think a lot of times what I see in the network marketing profession |
| 1:44.3 | is people hit these higher ranks, they have success, they've got to work hard to get there, |
| 1:48.6 | don't get me wrong, I'm not taking away the accomplishment because you do have to put in the work to get to where you go at some |
| 1:54.8 | point, but what I want to know is what are you doing today to lead your organization? |
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