Jason Boreyko: 10 Leadership Principles

Jason Boreyko is the author of the self-help book Making the Impossible Possible: Think It! Act It! Become It! In his latest blog post, he briefly talks about leadership principles. Visit his site to learn what these are.

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Author and entrepreneur Jason Boreyko believes that each one of us can live the life we dream of. The key is to desire it so strongly that you make a conscious effort to achieve it no matter what it takes. The secret, shares Jason Boreyko, is taking positive action and mindful steps to make it a reality.

In this post, Jason shares ten leadership principles that can help anyone achieve their goals and realize their full potential. Briefly, these are the following:

1. Integrity

Integrity is doing the right even when no one is looking—especially when no one is looking. It is your moral compass; your choice of "good vs evil" in all your undertakings, particularly when the bad promises an easy way out.

2. Effective Communication

Effective communication, in a nutshell, is your ability to listen as much as you talk. It's being open to a dialogue. A good leader knows when it's time to share, talk and instruct, and when it's time to stay still and listen.

3. Responsibility

As a leader, you are responsible for your team or organization. You know that each of you on the team has your own roles and specific tasks, and you, as the leader, set the example by doing your tasks as efficiently as possible, keeping in mind that quality trumps quantity every time.

4. Accountability

Accountability is directly related to integrity and responsibility, in the opinion of Jason Boreyko. Accountability means that first, you always act with integrity and secondly, you know your responsibilities and you make the necessary steps to ensure that these are well taken care of. If you fumble, commit a mistake, cause a delay or unwittingly cause harm or damage, you do not put the blame on others. You know your actions and you take full accountability for them. Accountability harnesses integrity and vice-versa.

5. Authority

Authority in leadership shouldn't be construed as one's power to manipulate, bark orders, or enforce unreasonable and/or unfair rules and regulations. For Jason Boreyko, authority in leadership means your ability to make good decisions based on well-studied facts and premises. It means practicing your expertise in a way that will benefit the entire organization as well as your team.

6. Positive Mental Attitude

A positive mental attitude does not mean denying the existence of issues to the point of neglect. It's simply that you do not allow these issues to control your emotions, hence, your decisions. For Jason Boreyko, a positive mental attitude is "state management." "You can choose to be in a positive state or a negative state," he says. "You can control going from a negative state to a positive state by controlling your emotions, or changing your state of mind," he adds.

7. Consideration and Respect

A good leader knows that every member of the team, including himself, is a unique individual. Each one has unique strengths and weaknesses, and recognizing and respecting these can greatly help everyone work together as a team where a balance is created between strengths and weaknesses.

8. Consistency

It cannot be emphasized enough that success and excellence are the fruits of consistent positive action, says Jason Boreyko. Consistency is the key to breaking a bad habit or harnessing accountability, integrity, and a strong sense of responsibility.

9. Teamwork

When each member of the team makes a conscious effort to adhere to all of the above, successful and efficient teamwork wouldn't be hard to achieve. A good leader knows how to work with the team; knowing when to take the reins and when to let someone else take the lead. Jason Boreyko has always believed that a good leader knows when to lead and when to follow.

10. Ability to Make Good Decisions

Last but not the least is good decision-making skills. You take the necessary steps to come up with an informed decision—based on facts, studies or research and not on personal opinions, biases, or emotions.