Yesterday I shared the first three disciplines that every leader needs to be successful. It doesn’t matter if you lead volunteers at a nonprofit or if you’re a CEO at a Fortune 500 company. These disciplines will enhance any leaders ability to succeed on their team and in their organization.

Perhaps the greatest asset that any leader has is their team. Great teams are hard to come by. We’ve all been on good teams and we’ve all been on at least one bad team. The one thing that all great teams have in common are leaders that do these three disciplines really well:

4. Get the right people on the bus. Chances are good that you won’t work or serve where you are at forever. How could you? You’re not immortal! Every good leader knows that their time is limited but only great leaders actually do something strategic about it. Great leaders want to leave their organization and team better than when they found it. They are relentless at getting the right people on their bus. Click here for a couple of good questions to ask yourself about potential teammates.

Recommended Resource: “The Energy Bus” by Jon Gordon.

5. Help them win. One of your most important priorities as a leader is to help the people on your team to become better. Good leaders naturally want their team to get better at their jobs but great leaders want more. Great leaders work hard to help their people become better people. Great leaders realize that they have a unique position in the lives of the people that they lead. They become influential in helping their teammates live better lives. Helping your team to feel known by you and their peers, clarifying their role at work, showing them how to measure progress, and helping them to make a significant contribution are all ways that you can help your team be successful and win.

Recommended Resource: “The Three Signs of a Miserable Job” by Patrick Lencioni.

6. Deliver the goods. This may seem like a “no duh” discipline but being remarkable at what you do will set you apart from the rest of the leaders in your organization. How do you and your team become remarkable? You work together to get things done, get them done well, ahead of schedule, and often.

Recommended Resources: “Getting Things Done” by David Allen and “Linchpin” by Seth Godin.

How do you make sure that you’re getting the right people on your team? Once you get them there, what are you doing to help them win at home and work?

–Jeff