Defining Success

Every leader alive does it at some point in their career . . . and some of us do it daily. We begin measuring our success by the way others define theirs.  This unconscious comparison causes us to look at someone else and think “I’ll never be able to do that as well as them.” We may feel this way while watching a cooking show, listening to a concert, or with how we lead others. How we define leadership success is often built on how we see others lead. Sometimes this mindset can inspire you, but oftentimes, it inhibits you from beginning your journey to where you want to go because you’ve defined success based on someone else. You have developed a rule book that instead of offering grace and opportunities to grow on your journey, demands black-and-white rules that evoke a fear of failure and stops us from reaching our own potential.  Is there something new you want to try – a destination you want to reach? We hope you’ll listen to today’s podcast as we talk about how important it is to give yourself permission to be a beginner at something (like us with this podcast!). The path may be bumpy, but the reward is fantastic.  At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journey's.  CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures more motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to [email protected]  In this episode, we discuss the importance of doing your own values work to really understand what core motivations drive you and how you can realign your definition of success around your values. There are a lot of tools out there to help you AND the best tool is almost always a coach to really help you dig deeper to challenge and understand your values and how they show up for you. Here are two tools to get you started: Values video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-lRbuy4XtA Online Values sorter: https://personalvalu.es/ Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!  Email [email protected] or DM us on LinkedIn.