Generous Leaders are Richer than Stingy Leaders * Incedo Group

Generous Leaders are Richer than Stingy Leaders

You’ve seen this all too often; your peers clawing their way to the top at all cost. In today’s corporate setting, selfishness has become more popular than generosity. You get to a point where you fear that being generous would leave you at the bottom of the ladder, so you think being “Mr. Nice Guy” just won’t cut it if you want to be promoted before you’re 30. Of course, because of people’s crab-mentality and all the backstabbing you see at work, you start to question if having good leadership skills is enough to succeed.

Below are a few tips on how givers with good leadership skills can reach the top:

1. Develop good leadership skills by combining your interest to succeed and others’ interest to succeed side-by-side. It’s fine to share as much of yourself and your talent to others, but try to maximize this to your advantage so that you help yourself as you help others. By sharing your skill set with others, you end up inspiring them, thus becoming a positive source of influence. We all know how important it is to have the power to inspire people.

2. Look for the impact of giving you make in people’s lives. Being able to appreciate one’s generosity and how it impacts people is the most satisfying part of life. Just imagine how good it will feel if the intern you mentored got confirmed for a position! This is the type of corporate success that changes your life.

3. Pour in your efforts into one chunk of a great generous deed every week. Instead of giving something to others every so often, try to allot a time every week wherein you will really share your time with others. You will find yourself so much more gratified by the results of your giving. In turn, you will feel a boost of productivity and creative juices, thus improving your performance at work.

4. Doing volunteer work can improve your leadership skills. Giving back by serving others will help develop a responsible leader in you. People who put the interest of others before theirs turn out to be happier, more satisfied people. And when you are happy and satisfied you tend to perform better at work. Doing volunteer work is also a great way to battle burn out from constant, rigid work.

5. Get support from you colleagues. When you are under a great deal of stress, getting support from other people as you also offer your own support will help you function better. Get together with peers generously share a helping hand. It may not be that popular, but supporting your peers is a form of good leadership skill.

A number of business experts today have proven that some of the most high-achieving people are the most generous ones. The trending approach to corporate success is not to put yourself and your own interest first, but to be generous enough to share your success with others, thus allowing them to advance with you. This is the foundation of good leadership skills.