Too often knowledgeable and principled employees, who have great awareness regarding the technical aspects of their jobs do not enjoy long term success because they lack the personal leadership skills necessary to succeed.

The result is a diminished self esteem for the leader, negativity among the team members, decreased productivity and early departures reflecting a loss on investment for the company.

Unequivocally, everything rises and falls on leadership.

If this were untrue, then every business would be prosperous, every church would be full and every non profit would be without need. Leadership matters.

People are a company or organization’s greatest expense, they should therefore, be our greatest asset. It is then rational to invest in order to increase the value of the most important asset.

However, one of the challenges is to recognize that we lead people, not projects. People are our most valuable assets. If this is true then the following is absolutely true:

• Personnel determine the potential of the organization/team/project.
• Relationships determine the morale of the organization/team/project.
• Structure determines the size of the organization/team/project.
• Vision determines the direction of the organization/team/project.
• Leadership determines the success of the organization/team/project.
• Leadership ability determines a person’s level of effectiveness, not knowledge.

If people are our greatest asset and our greatest expense, it is logical to ensure we realize the greatest return on our investment.