Ensuring Your Team Follows Your Lead

The key to being a leader is understanding how to lead people. Think of it this way; if one doesn’t have the right people following them, their leadership is pointless. A leader can’t lead people who don’t want to follow. Therefore, a leader needs to learn how to lead successfully and adapt the best methods to lead so that other people want to follow them.

1. Leaders Should Reward and Recognize Success

The most important thing in a leader is the ability to motivate their employees. The key to motivation is getting the employee to see that their success is important. Employees want to see that what they do will not be forgotten. They want to see the outcome of their work, and the recognition for it will ensure them that they are on the right track.

2. Should Have Empathy

One of the crucial things in a leader- is the ability to know when to say no. Leaders need to know how to lead without interfering with their people. The ability of leaders to lead without getting involved or saying anything will also be necessary. A leader needs to have the ability to lead by example and have empathy for their employees.

3. Leaders Need to Manage Conflict

The biggest challenge of a leader is managing conflict. A leader needs to have the ability to deal with any conflict that may arise between and amongst their employees. Never underestimate the stress and frustrations that will come up because of this issue. A good leadership style will be able to handle these problems positively.

4. Be Audacious

Leaders should be able to say what they mean and mean what they say. The best leaders are the ones able to get their message across clearly. They need to be able to connect with the people they are leading and also make them believe in themselves. Great leaders are not afraid to make bold moves because of this leadership style.

Leading people is not easy. There are always challenges, problems, and issues that will arise from time to time. Leadership is not a one size fits all thing because every person will present unique challenges that need to be addressed accordingly. A leader who understands how to lead will lead well and have people wanting to follow them.

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About Steve Ferrara

Steve Ferrara, MD, FSIR, FACR, is known to everyone who works with him as being a man who believes in the science of things. As someone who is double board-certified in Diagnostic, Vascular, and Interventional Radiology, Ferrara is most passionate about treating and preventing complex diseases. He currently works for the Department of Defense as the Deputy Director for Clinical Operations and Chief of Clinical Optimization for the National Capital Region. The place that he works is most well known for being the military's largest healthcare Market; it includes 7 of the major facilities, including renowned Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a hospital that cares for over 500 thousand beneficiaries and has an annual budget of over $1.6 billion. Steve is in charge of maintaining the top clinical Interventional Radiology practice at Walter Reed, and is also a Clinical Professor of Radiology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Not only does Steve Ferrara have an incredibly impressive medical career, but he also has a very impressive and distinguished military career. During his tenure in the Navy, Steve served as a Captain. He also became a Chief Medical Officer tasked with working with a world-class health system of over 63,000 medical personnel. During his 25-year career in the Navy, he's had multiple deployments with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Some of these deployments included combat, humanitarian, and disaster relief missions.

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