OK, we are going to analogize today. Think of yourself as the top of a mountain, the summit. A guy by the name of T.W. Higginson had an interesting take. He said,

“Great men (and women) are rarely isolated mountain peaks, they are the summits of ranges.”

So think of your team as a range of mountains. You aspire to be great but you don’t do it alone. You want the support of your range. You have the support of your range. They are the foundation of your strength. Each is their own powerful mountain unto itself. And it your your job to see that they have those strong foundational bones to support you and other members of the team and your goals.

You are the leader so it is ok to be the tallest summit of the range as log as you don’t see yourself standing above them or on their shoulders for your success alone, yet you must see them as the foundation and support of your success. You are on their shoulders but it is to achieve the teams’ goals not yours alone. Make sense?

So as you go about your day today, look upon your team, your range, with a new respect for they are mountains, individuals, unto themselves. Support and lead your team to Make it a GREAT DAY!!!

Then take a moment to read about T.W. at:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/thomas-wentworth-higginson