Become a more secure leader

Instructions

Evaluate your self-worth.
Ask yourself the following questions: Am I confident? Do I believe I have value? Do I operate from the assumption that I have positive things to offer other people? Am I willing to take risks? If you mostly answer “no” to these questions, you’ll need to take positive steps to add value to yourself or explore why your self-worth is so low.
Evaluate your belief in people.
Make a list of the people who work for you. If they’re too many to list, then write the names of those closest to you. Rate each person’s potential—not current ability—on a scale of 1 to 10. If the numbers are low, then your belief in people is probably not very high, and you need to change to begin empowering others.
Increase your belief in people.
Begin dwelling on people’s positive qualities and characteristics. Look for their greatest strengths and envision how they could leverage them to achieve significant things. Imagine what individuals could become if they made the most of their gifts and opportunities, then help them to do so.
Begin to empower people.
Start by selecting your best people and setting them up for success. Train them, give them resources, and then help them set accomplishable goals that’ll help you and the organization. Then give them the responsibility and authority to follow through. If they fail at first, help them keep trying until they succeed. Once you experience the joy and organizational effectiveness of empowering others, you’ll have a hard time not giving your power away.