As sports commissions, event and facility owners, and industry partners, you have become leaders in your city and the sports tourism community. It’s an honor and a responsibility.

How can you make the most of that role? Take a second to consider how to elevate your leadership to a new level. The Founder and Chief Human Officer of Leadership from the Core Marcel Schwantes shares with Inc. advice from seven to leaders about their leadership.

1. Have a clear strategy.
2. Ask more, tell less.
3. Be curious about your people.
4. Embrace the unknown.
5. Set your people up for success.
6. Keep your people focused on their ‘why.’
7. Model the right cultural behaviors.

Schwantes leaves you with this: “The common thread running through these responses is the centrality of inspiring leadership. Leadership actions aren’t taken for action's sake, but to work towards a central purpose that makes it worthwhile. Whatever actions these leaders perform, they reflect the bold visions they have to offer.”

Take away this: To improve your leadership, start with clarifying your vision. From there you can identify key actions and inspire your team to work towards that reality.

Read the full article from Inc.Com.