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How to Attract Leaders Who are Better Than You

2. Give away responsibilities, not just tasks.

When you trust your team, it ushers in the opportunity for greatness.

If everything has to cross your desk, you will only ever lead a small organization (because your desk isn’t that big). Make fewer decisions every year. And get people who make better decisions than you do.

3. Share the spotlight.

If you have to be front and center all the time, you have a problem. Pushing other people into the spotlight is the hallmark of great leadership.

Study both Andy Stanley and Reggie Joiner on this, by the way. They are both incredible at it.

4. Make it your job to help them succeed.

What if you stopped trying to win and actually just spent your time trying to help other people succeed?

If you do that, by the way, you might just end up being a little more successful too.

5. Create a culture of freedom.

The reason many leaders are afraid to release leaders in freedom is because they haven’t done the tough work of aligning the organization. If you have a highly aligned team (here are five things I’ve learned about team alignment from North Point), you can release them to do what they are called to do.

High capacity leaders do not like to be controlled.

That’s what I’m learning about attracting leaders who are better than you.

What insights would you add? What are your struggles when it comes to attracting high capacity leaders?