Is your promoting attitude in the right place? If you need a check-up, you should read about correcting your attitude. Have you made your list of who you want to invite? Part 2 on Identifying Leaders may be helpful.
How will you invite your prospective leaders to sit down with you to hear about leadership? In one sense, this is a job interview. You want to see how they might develop. But it’s important to remember that it is an invitation to leadership. You want her to volunteer to be a leader. Here are the key concepts to include.
Have you used the OCI approach to create sponsoring conversations? It’s simple step for you to use the same process to invite prospects to a leadership conversation.
O = Observe – You’ve observed your team member and know the qualities that will make her a successful leader. Choose two of those qualities.
C = Compliment – Compliment your team member on those qualities when you call and let them know you believe in them.
I = Invite – Invite your team member to hear about leadership. Remember, you’re not inviting them to be a leader. You just want to share the benefits of leadership so they can make a decision about it for themselves.
