The Top 2 Ways to Know if You Are a Leader by Peggy Nelson, CLCC/CPLEC, CLOAC

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Peggy Nelson, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.

Have you over the course of time questioned whether or not you are a leader? Perhaps you think you are but you haven’t claimed it or made it known either personally or professionally?

Do you have something you bring to people that helps them grow and expand, improves their perception of themselves, and helps them stand out, shine, or move to the next level and take action that most would not take?

Do you teach them the key elements of being the best they can be, becoming who they are to become, and seeing their life and the world from a higher or perhaps more sophisticated perspective than they used to?

When I earned my first coaching credential and put myself out there for the whole world to see, I considered myself a professional life change and transition coach.

But as time progressed and I gave more consideration and hence more credence to my coaching skills and life experience in addition to my professional training, I began to reassess what it is that I bring to my clients.

In other words, what was the one thing that was clearly notable about what I offer them? What I discovered is that in addition to professional coaching skills, I offer them leadership.

During that discovery process, I then asked myself these two questions:

1) What do I bring to people that sets me apart or raises the bar? and

2) What results do I see because of these qualities?

And these were the answers to my questions:

1) I help my clients succeed at making major life changes and shifts and have been an excellent leader as well as coach by helping them come to their own critical realizations and conclusions that allow them to take action and reach their highest potential; and

2) I see my clients own who they are and what they want, move forward, claim and create the lives they desire, and ultimately shift to a whole new level of thinking, action, achievement, and fulfillment.

Leadership then doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be the CEO of a large company or perhaps the dean of a well-known university.

It can also mean that what you bring to people in any position, whether personally or professionally, is provided not only through your professional training but also through your highly effective leadership qualities and the sage wisdom of your life experience.

So, if you want to consider yourself a leader either personally or professionally but aren’t sure how to make that determination, ask yourself the two questions I posed above. It may just be that you will discover one or both of these qualities in yourself.

. . . And, of course, be sure then to put them to good use and make your mark. This will in turn allow others to make theirs!

“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” ~ Peter Drucker