8 steps to become a better leader today.

1. A leader’s attitude and tone sets that of their team. Choose your mood. Make no mistake, it is a choice. Prepare to lead yourself better.

2. Now go for a walk through the business to talk to everyone. People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care. Know each individual’s families, fears and ambitions — then you’ll know where to lead them.

3. Quit making excuses and take action on your shit people. You’re wasting of time and energy that you could be invested in your best people. You’ll never regret getting rid of someone; many times you’ll regret that you took so long.

4. Give your best employees energy. Hopefully you’ve just removed one of their biggest demotivators (shit employees leaching off them and the company), now get them working on your best opportunities and make sure they know why you chose them.

5. By the end of the day, find a ‘win’ you can defer to someone else.

6. By the end of the day, find a ‘loss’ you can accept from someone else.

7. Do what you say you’re going to do, every time. Your team needs to be able to trust you and this is the ONLY way to achieve that. Without trust, you won’t be leading anyone.

8. Don’t forget yourself and your family. Go home early enough and recharge the batteries.