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title: "Follow the Leader"
url: https://thecoreresults.com/follow-the-leader/
description: "How leaders set a performance example through preparation, behavior and consistent follow-through."
published: 2018-07-07
updated: 2018-07-07
---

# Follow the Leader

Published 2018-07-07

Leadership field note

7 July 2018 · Leadership

Teams take cues from what leaders repeatedly do. Preparation, accountability and response to setbacks communicate the real standard more clearly than a presentation about values.

## Make the example consistent

A leader can reinforce the expected behavior by naming it, demonstrating it and recognizing it in others. Coaching then becomes part of the same pattern rather than a separate management event.

When the example and the evaluation criteria align, employees have a clearer view of what strong performance looks like.