Sam Chand Leadership

Just as climbing a ladder without help is dangerous, a leader needs people to help hold his or her ladder, or vision. It’s essential to prioritize the people you have on the ground helping you!

Behavior is a little-talked-about subject in leadership circles; but it sets the tone for your entire organization. How do you behave during difficult times? This will heavily influence how far you can go.

Every place has a culture. In order to form the culture of our organizations, we first must understand that culture is primarily about people. In this episode, Dr. Chand explores the importance of culture and how it’s formed.

We tend to equate inheritance with legacy. The truth is that the two are very different. Inheritance is what you will leave behind; legacy is who you will leave behind. It’s important to plan for both.

We pay a lot of attention to the past and the present, and not a lot of attention to the future. Why is that? It all has to do with our thinking. In this episode, Dr. Chand shares 10 traits of leaders who focus on the future!

Oftentimes, we confuse who we are with what we do. However, when we learn the difference, and utilize both of these components for our God-given purpose, we’ll find ourselves more fulfilled than ever.

Trust is the glue that keeps organizations and relationships together—it makes life work. When trust is high, speed is high. When trust is high, you have fewer meetings to get things done. But when trust is low, everything costs more.

We’ve all met interesting people, and boring people. What makes the difference? It depends on how interested you are in others. When you take the time to be curious about others, you become interesting to them!

How can long-term leaders buy into and invest in newer, younger leaders? By remembering that we were all given a chance at some point. Either you'll be remembered as someone that helped the next generation, or you'll be remembered as someone who hindered them.

There are a multitude of wonderful gifts you can give to somebody else; however, the greatest gift is believing in someone. You’re where you are right now because somebody believed in you. Who can you believe in today?

As life progresses for us, different voices appear in our lives. First, family members speak into us; then teachers, friends, and church leaders enter in. The question becomes, “Which voices should I be tuning into at this juncture of my life?” Most people never ask that key question—I encourage you to do so today!

All of us want to be more influential. The way to go about that is actually by helping other people. In this way, you gain influence, and become an influencer’s influencer! Who can you invest in today?

There’s a difference between generosity and giving. Giving is a manifestation of a generous heart. Where does generosity start? It starts above you, and where you’ve been. Gratitude towards God, and healthy perspective of where you’ve come from, is paramount to developing a heart of gratitude.

As human beings, we yearn for approval from those around us. However, as leaders, there are times others will not understand the decisions we make. Part of being a leader is learning to be at peace with this reality.

The higher your influence, the higher your leadership potential. True influence isn't the size of your organization; it's your capacity to help other people. How will you increase your influence today?

We tend to vilify nervousness as an amateur response to pressure. I’d like to suggest, however, that a continual, healthy level of nervousness actually brings out the best in leaders! Here’s why you should stay nervous.

The greatest enemy of leadership is not the devil, not your level competency, it is not what you might think. I have concluded after years and years of working with high-end leaders is that the greatest enemy of leadership is insecurity. Insecurity makes you do dysfunctional things. Insecurity will make you think that you are either better or worse. Insecurity will always have you weighing yourself against somebody else. Let’s talk some more about the biggest killer of leadership.

We’re prone to thinking that people go through seasons of transition and seasons of staying the same. However, everyone, including you, is constantly changing! Our emotions, bodies, minds, and environments are continually transitioning. Once we accept this, we’ll be able to make the most of the change happening right now—today!

Everybody wants a promotion. I want a promotion, you want a promotion, we want to go to the next level, however you want to phrase that, but we all want a promotion. All promotion is based on your character. Character is, “Can I trust you?” That is what character asks. Everything is about trust. So trust has two components, competence and credibility. Let me elaborate on those to make it clear.

Most of us view disappointments in a negative light. We try to shift blame, absolve ourselves of responsibility, and fret about what went wrong. Instead, we need to view disappointments in light of the learning opportunity they provide. What did you learn, and what will you do differently in the future?