Positive Leadership Tip | Ep 6: Leaders Commit First
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about why commitment truly starts with the leader. If you want a committed team, it’s up to you, as the leader, to lead the way. I’ll share why your commitment is the catalyst for your team’s success, and how your example can ignite commitment in everyone around you. I’ll also give you a simple but powerful exercise to help you and your team reflect on your level of commitment and what it takes to get to a 10. Remember, when you commit first, your team will follow. Let’s choose to raise our level of commitment today and accomplish something great together. If these messages encourage you, share them with your team and others who want to grow. Let’s keep building stronger, more positive teams, one commitment at a time!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive leadership lesson. |
| 0:06.0 | I just wrote a book called The Seven Commitments of a Great Team. |
| 0:10.0 | And the commitment of each team member is essential. |
| 0:13.0 | But the most committed person on the team must be the leader to have a great team. |
| 0:19.0 | If the leader is committed, a team will be committed. |
| 0:23.3 | So often the leader is saying, hey, who's committed on my team? Are they committed? Is he committed? |
| 0:28.4 | Is he committed? Is she committed? When actually, you must ask yourself, am I committed? When you go first, |
| 0:35.6 | when you lead the way, when you are the most committed person in your organization |
| 0:40.8 | and on your team as the leader, and you commit to that team, and they know you're committed, |
| 0:46.0 | you will get commitment back. Commitment recognizes commitment. So ask yourself, ask your team, |
| 0:58.1 | how committed are you to them? On a scale of one to 10, how committed are you to them? On a scale of one to 10, have them rate you, rate yourself |
| 1:05.4 | and then ask yourself, what would make it a 10? Ask them, what would make it a 10? |
| 1:11.5 | And when you commit more, they'll commit more back |
| 1:14.5 | and you will accomplish more together. |
| 1:17.1 | Have a great day. |
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