These leaders who transform themselves into good role models achieve more at less personal cost to themselves, and often help their organizations transform in the process. This means that transformational leaders become capable of scaling their impact over time. 

To scale your impact as you move through your career (and certainly if you rise through the ranks) you must master the ability to empower others at the same time that you help them stay accountable to their goals. As you gain experience, it will enhance your own success when you learn to coach them to their greatest potential. Team leaders have the additional challenge of supporting others while also maintaining control over others’ output. 

Even with good role models, too many unaware leaders in your fast-paced world are teaching you bad leadership habits and you’re unwittingly passing them on to others when you struggle to manage change and overwhelm for yourself. 

To achieve great results by leading and influencing others you must begin by building career- and life-long stress management, emotional intelligence and communication habits that give you enough personal capacity to live up to your own potential. Once you’re living up to your own potential without burning out, you have the ability to truly lead others. 

I've worked with so many emerging leaders excited about stepping into their leadership potential, that I know the curiosity (and sometimes confusion) that comes along with aspiring to lead in this revolutionary way. 

When you're ready to step into your leadership potential, it means you’re ready to: