Archive for February 1st, 2010

As a leader, your job is to be excellent at what you do, to be the best chiropractor in your community. Your job is to have high standards in serving people. You not only exemplify excellence in your own behavior, but you also translate it to others so that they, too, become committed to your vision.

Leadership Excellence
The key to leadership is the commitment to doing work of the highest quality in the service of other people, both inside and outside of your office. Leadership today requires a focus on the highest priorities in your office, keeping your key people motivated and filled with your vision of community wide wellness, and making sure your vision is understood through the values of those who you serve in your office.   

Integrity
The single most respected quality of motivational leaders is integrity. Integrity is complete, unflinching honesty with regard to everything that you say and do. Integrity underlies all the other qualities. Integrity means that when someone asks you at the end of the day, “Did you do your very best?” you can look him in the eye and say, “Yes!” Integrity means that you, as a leader, admit your shortcomings and commit to improving everyday. It means that you work to develop your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses.

Courage
Courage, combined with Integrity, is the foundation of character. One form of courage is the ability to stick to your principles, to stand for what you believe in, and to refuse to budge unless you feel right about the alternative. Courage is also the ability to step out in faith, to launch into the unknown and then face the inevitable doubt and uncertainty that accompany every new venture or opportunity.

Responsibility
Responsibility is perhaps the hardest of all leadership qualities to develop. The acceptance of responsibility means that, as President Harry Truman said, “The buck stops here.” If you run into an obstacle or have a setback, and you make excuses rather than accept responsibility, it can mean the difference between success and failure.

To be a leader in your community, begin to apply the principles above.  Meditate on them throughout the day and use them as a compass in your thoughts and decisions. 

Love and Lead,

Dr. Wilson