Million Dollar Career Series: Start Taking Radical Responsibility to Level Up Your Leadership Skills This Year w/Robert Houghton

Many people talk about wanting to be leaders, but the truth is, most of us aren’t doing what it takes to become leaders.   Leadership is about more than money, status, or power. Those may be perks of the job, but effective leadership is dependent on having uncomfortable conversations, making tough decisions, and taking radical ownership of everything that happens in our businesses.    How can we make the necessary mindset shift into that of a leader, so attributes like accountability become second nature to us? Is it even possible to learn to be a leader, or is it a trait we need to be born with?   In this episode, President of MR Fairfax, Robert Houghton and I discuss what it really means to be a leader.    "Leadership is not always doing the fun or nice thing, it’s doing what’s right for the business." -Robert Houghton   Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode    How to attain freedom as a leader Most of us can relate to being fearful of doing or saying the right thing, for fear of the consequences. How can we get to the point where those consequences no longer hold us back, so we can focus on moving forward?    The key difference between managers and leaders Many people have the ability to manage; how many have the skills to actually lead?    How to start taking radical responsibility What are we doing to avoid taking radical ownership today, and what can we do to change that?   Guest Bio-   Robert Houghton is an executive recruiter and the President of MR Fairfax, the #1 recruiter in the Mid-Atlantic region specializing in insurance and financial services. As a well-established former CEO of several successful business enterprises, Robert has a unique understanding of executive recruiting in the commercial insurance sector with specialties in employee benefits, property & casualty insurance and risk management.    To find out more, go to https://mrfairfax.com/ You can also email him with [email protected]    Books mentioned in this episode: https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057    Learn More About Your Host:   Co-founder and Managing Partner for Northstar Group, Craig is focused on recruiting senior level leadership, sales and operations executives for some of the most prominent companies in the aviation and aerospace industry. Clients include well known aircraft OEM’s, aircraft operators, leasing / financial organizations, and Maintenance / Repair / Overhaul (MRO) providers.    Since 2009 Craig has personally concluded more than 150 executive searches in a variety of disciplines. As the only executive recruiter who has flown airplanes, sold airplanes AND run a business, Craig is uniquely positioned to build deep, lasting relationships with both executives and the boards and stakeholders they serve. This allows him to use a detailed, disciplined process that does more than pair the ideal candidate with the perfect opportunity, and hit the business goals of the companies he serves.