In this episode, Scott Becker share three measures of strong leadership: delivering results, developing other leaders, and leaving a lasting legacy that thrives beyond their tenure.
Chapter 1: Who is Scott Becker and what is this episode about?
This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Today's discussion is three ways of judging a leader. And this came out of a discussion I had yesterday with Ed Marks, who's a wonderful leader, wonderful speaker, hosted me on his podcast, which is called Digital Voices and just fantastic.
Chapter 2: What are the three ways to judge a leader?
Chapter 3: Why is delivering results considered a key measure of leadership?
And he asked me about a question I wrote about in a book I did, a very fair book, very okay. But the point was, how do you judge leaders? And we think there's three ways in which you judge leaders. First, how are the results when they're leading? And as unfun as this is, you have to judge a leader by the results. That's one, but it's only one. Second is.
Chapter 4: How important is developing other leaders under you?
Chapter 5: What happens if a leader does not develop successors?
How many teammates and partners and leaders have they developed under them? This is the second key to developing a leader. I've seen plenty of leaders who develop no leaders under them. At the end of the day, the organization lives or dies with them, and that's no way to be in an organization. So that's sort of no good.
Good is leaders that judge themselves based on how many other leaders they develop. So that's number two. The third thing we think about is how does the organization do after that leader has left? If an organization thrives after they've stepped back, after they're no longer in the house, then that's a great sign about the leadership and the team and what they've developed.
If in contrast, as soon as that leader is done, the company or firm falls off the charts, falls apart, then that leader really didn't do a great job of building that company and being a leader. So those are three thoughts today on being a leader. and how we view it. And thank you so much for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Again, three thoughts on judging a leader.
And just as a PS, again, I've said it before, I'll say it again. My putting is horrific. My serving in tennis is horrible. I better focus on what I'm better at. Thank you for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Thank you very much.