Be a Black Belt Leader

An introduction to Black Belt Leadership and an opportunity to hear the backstory of John Terry - The Black Belt Leader. This is the "WHY" behind Black Belt Leadership and its passion to help you "MASTER Your Life" (TM) and learning to live life in the pursuit of Black Belt Excellence.

Treating others with dignity, honor, and respect (the Big R) are mission-critical to effectively leading others well, making good choices, and creating a high-performance team that gets things done. Respect is integral for trust to exist, and without trust your opportunity to lead, influence, and make a positive difference are minimized.

When teams and organizations forget they are there to serve their end-user customer, they send a message that they're not appreciated or valued. The vast majority of businesses who are not regularly investing in growing their people and creating a culture of service are essentially saying to your customer, "Sorry, you're on your own."

Arrogance and ego have no place in the life or a Black Belt Leader. Transformational leaders are men and women of value who are people-centric agents of positive change. Leaders are there to empower others so they can experience a greater level of success in their lives.

As a leader, you are expected to model the qualities you want those who are following to mirror in their own lives. When you're not living up to what is expected of a leader, followers begin to question your ability, your motives, and ultimately whether or not they should continue to follow. That's NOT a good place for a leader to be.

Many people dream of being world-class, but few are willing to do what's necessary to achieve that elite status. The potential within will never be fully realized without persistence, tenacity, and the assistance of a mentor or a coach who can help you get to world-class level and stay there.

Failure is an event that happens to us, but it doesn't have to define us. Failure, rightly used, can be one of our greatest teachers as it reveals to us what doesn't work - so we can focus our energy and effort on what does. See failure as a friend, and listen to the lessons it is trying to teach you.

Creating a high-performance, values-focused, people-centric, results-oriented team doesn't happen by accident. Leadership has to create a culture of high-performance by consistently communicating and modeling the behaviors and attitudes that lead to high-performance. How you want to be seen, and how you're seen, is a direct result of the embracing of your culture and how it is lived out in your team.