Caring for others goes an enormously long way to making them feel valued. If they feel valued by you, they'll want to be around you and want to know what you think and have to say, hence it strengthens your influence with them, making it easier to lead them.
I find people don't need grand gestures or a huge show to convince them that you care, they just need to know that someone who is responsible for leading them does care. Now we all know how easy it is to care for people who we naturally gravitate toward and find it easy to be friends with, but what about all those others?
Well you are leading them, therefore you do care about them, otherwise why would you bother? But we both know that showing them you care, whether it be through a note, or a short conversation, or an email, or a text message, is an action that you have to take, rather than a natural flow of events. That action however holds in it's grasp enormous power. We're not talking about faking care for someone, we're talking about actioning something that is real, but not necessarily within our comfort zone.
THE CALL TO ACTION: Right now think of three people who you lead, and in the next 2 days do something for or say something to them that conveys you care about them and they are valuable!
