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96 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2022 ers see us. Use the following questions to con- nect with yourself. Do I: • Know my values and the message I want to project? • Live my message and lead by example? • Walk the talk? • Do what's right, not what's easy? • Know my people and communicate on their level? • Place integrity over expedience? • Believe in others? • Offer direction and hope? And the most important question: "Would I want me as a boss?" ese are all required attributes of a great leader, and a foundation to the Law of the Pic- ture. You might even want to consult a col- league (family and friends may be biased) for an independent assessment of where your actions don't match up with your values. Your colleague might be calling your baby ugly, but this feedback must be taken in a constructive way and without getting defensive. One of the leadership training exercises I do is to ask the participants to make a list of their perceived leadership qualities. I tuck that away for now and during a later session I ask the same group to make a list of the qualities they would like to see in their employees: integrity, loyalty, work ethic, whatever they may be. en we com- pare the two lists, which is usually an eye-open- ing event for some of them and a good road- map for improvement. Monkey see, monkey do. The Law of Buy-In A nyo n e w h o h a s experienced an imple- mentation of any new project will have seen this law in action. ere are two paths these things can take, and let's use implementing a new QMS for illustrative purposes: 1. Imposing a canned set of procedures, work instructions and forms, and tell- ing the workforce, "is is the new way of doing your job." 2. Involving the people who actually do the work from day one to be key contributors in developing the new procedures, work instructions, and forms. Which do you think has the highest success rate? (Rhetorical question). is is what the Law of Buy-In is all about as it relates to lead- ership. "e Law of Buy-In: People buy into the leader, then the vision." —John C. Maxwell As we look at the reason why people don't buy into a leader's vision there are ample examples in our work and personal lives, pol- itics, churches, marriages (the list is endless). It doesn't matter how strong the vision is, the leader can't be successful if they can't move others to action or change; in other words, buy-in.