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Leadership Training: Six Tips for Success

Learn six leadership success tips that turn goals into results: set clear aims, craft plans, act fast, use feedback, adapt to change and persist until you win.

Chris Farmer, Founder of Corporate Coach Group

“Success is no accident; it is a loop you control: pick a clear goal, map a simple plan, act at once, study feedback, adapt fast and persist until the job is done. Master these six leadership success tips and you turn raw ambition into daily progress that compounds.”

Chris Farmer — Founder, Corporate Coach Group

Leadership Training: Six Tips for Success

Six Tips for Success

There is a set of six principles that you must master if you want to achieve success.

They are as follows. Goals; plans; action; feedback; change; persistence.

1. Goals.

Set a goal and focus on it for a long time: long enough for you to achieve it.

2. Plans.

Figure out practical plans that are capable of taking you in the direction of your goals.

3. Action.

Make yourself take immediate and consistent action;implement the plans you have made.

4. Feedback.

The willingness to observe carefully where your plans are NOT working.

5. Change.

Be willing to adapt, and modify your plans, according the negative feedback your recent actions have generated.

6. Persistence.

The ability to repeat the process of writing plans, taking action, observing their results, and changing the plan, whenever the results are negative. This process is summed up in the word, PERSISTENCE.

It seems so simple; and it is simple. But it is not easy.

Please answer the following questions honestly:

Question 1:

  • Do you have a list of long range, ambitious, worthwhile goals at which to aim?
  • Or are you living your life with no big ambition, and just hoping that your luck, or the government, will change?

Question 2.

  • Do you have detailed written plans that are capable of taking you towards your goals?
  • Or not?

Question 3.

  • Are you taking consistent action to achieve a long range, ambitious, and worthwhile goal?
  • Or are you spending all your free time entertaining yourself?

Question 4.

Are you paying attention to the results you have been creating recently? In the last 6 months, would you say you have made good progress? Or have you remained static? Or perhaps even gone backwards?

Question 5.

Are you willing to admit when you are wrong? Meaning; do you notice when your recent actions have failed to produce the progress you were hoping for? Or do you tend to defend your errors, and become annoyed if anyone dares to suggests your recent actions are NOT cutting much ice?

Question 6.

How persistent are you? Are you willing to set goals; make and remake plans; take massive action; observe the results, and make the necessary adaptive changes?

Or do you tend to give up too soon, at the first, second or third rejection?

If you do give-up too soon, after three or four setbacks, then you may be cheating yourself out of the BIG prizes that are awarded to those people who never give up.

Think it over.

Then pass these same questions to a friend or partner.

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Persistence

Persistence is a leadership trait shown when a person keeps acting toward a clear goal, even after knock-backs. They stay focused, study feedback, change their plan as needed, and keep going day after day until the goal is won. Remove any one of these parts and persistence no longer exists.

CG4D Definition

Context: Leadership and management
Genus: Trait

  • Steady action despite repeated setbacks
  • Unbroken focus on a defined goal
  • Readiness to revise plans when feedback shows faults
  • Long-term effort kept up until the goal is reached

Article Summary

Success is no accident; it is a loop you control: pick a clear goal, map a simple plan, act at once, study feedback, adapt fast and persist until the job is done. Master these six leadership success tips and you turn raw ambition into daily progress that compounds.

Chris Farmer, Founder of Corporate Coach Group

Written by Chris Farmer

Founder & Lead Trainer, Corporate Coach Group

Chris Farmer is the founder of the Corporate Coach Group and has over 25 years experience designing and delivering leadership and management training across both the public and private sectors. His programmes are structured, practical and built around real-world performance. Read more about Chris and the story of how the Corporate Coach Group was founded.

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Key Statistics

LinkedIn’s 2024 Workplace Learning Report shows 86% of learning-and-development leaders rank ‘building leadership and management skills’ as their top priority for the year.

Gartner’s 2024 HR Leaders Survey finds teams that review written goals every month are 30% more likely to beat their performance targets than teams that review goals once a quarter or less.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about this topic

Among leadership success tips, a written goal comes first because it fixes the target, aligns effort and lets you measure progress.
Use the SMART strategy; make each goal specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. This clarity feeds straight into a step-by-step plan.
Follow the “act at once” rule; take one small task within minutes of planning, then repeat daily. This builds consistent action and early wins.
Set clear metrics, review them weekly, and ask trusted peers for views. Honest feedback shows what to keep and what to drop.
Adapt the moment feedback shows weak or no progress. Quick change saves time, boosts learning and keeps you moving toward the target.
Persistence mixes steady action, goal focus, fast learning and time. Hard work without review or direction is effort, not persistence.
Compare your habits with the blog’s six questions. Any “no” marks a gap; focus there first. This self-assessment helps leaders improve fast.

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