Thanks to readers who correct, clarify, and expand on the ideas presented here on Leadership Freak.
Several readers expanded the ideas in this morning’s post. I can’t resist compiling a ‘complete’ list of ‘UP’ leadership behaviors.
- Rise up. Believe you can make a difference.
- Wake up and Get up. Use your most productive time for your most important work.
- Show up. (Expanded this morning.)
- Listen up. Spend more time listening than speaking.
- Sign up. Step up. Make commitments. Avoid dabbling.
- Pass up. Choose commitments carefully. Commit when you clearly bring value.
- Open up. Share your heart. What do you really think?
- Fess up. Own mistakes and move on.
- Make up. Do everything within your power to protect and strengthen relationships.
- Draw up. Make plans.
- Stir up. Shake up. Every meaningful change requires a shake up. (More here.)
- Build up. (More here.)
- Ease up. Go for a short walk in the morning and afternoon.
- Back up. Stand behind people, especially when they mess up.
- Turn up. Pop up. Check up. Drop in on people. Show interest.
- Heads up. Practice pattern recognition.
- Call up. Invite people on the fringes to take on new challenges.
- Thumbs up. Cheer up. Encourage people. Notice progress.
- Meet up. Schedule short standing meetings.
- Chin up. Practice optimism.
- Speak up. Describe challenges. Point out elephants.
- Shut up. Hush up. Make room for others to speak and perform without you.
- Sum up. Restate action-items at the end of conversations and meetings. “Am I getting this right?”
- Clear up. Confront confusion.
- Clean up. Jump in and help when things go bad.
- Follow up. Do what you say.
- Wind up. Wrap up. Finish stuff.
- Mess up. Try stuff and learn.
- Pray up. (For people of faith.)
- Move up. If you do the previous 29 behaviors you’ll move up.
What other ‘UP’ behaviors might leaders employ?
How might you explain some of the ‘Up” behaviors listed above?
