Orrin Woodard of Team - Bearing
DiMaio's Leadership trait #10. Bearing.

Your bearing is your general appearance, carriage and conduct. When a leader is well dressed and confident, the team will be well dressed and confident. And nothing calms a nervous team more than a leader who does not look or act worried. Bearing is demonstrated by:

- Avoiding profanity or vulgarity.
- Controlling your voice and gestures so that emotional extremes don't show in your actions. Sometimes it's appropriate to show some anger, but you should never appear to lose your temper.
- Never correcting anyone in the presence of others.

Orrin Woodward's bearing is well, presidential. He carrys himself so well that he's a pleasure to be around - always.

Orrin Woodard of Team - Enthusiasm

DiMaio's Leadership trait #9. Enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm is showing sincere interest and eagerness in performing your work. To develop enthusiasm in others, you should:

- Consistently exhibit a positive attitude to others.
- Emphasize other's successes.
- Encourage others to overcome any obstacles which they encounter.

Orrin Woodward, co-author of "Leading the Consumer Rebellion", and "Launching a Leadership Revolution" has enthusiam in spades. He doesn't just do the three points mentioned above....he lives them. He lives the books "How I Raised Myself From Failure To Success in Selling" and "How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People". What's one of Frank Bettger's biggest principles? Enthusiasm. You can't have enough.

And check out Chapter 6 of "...Confidence and Power...."which talks about the "3 A's". This is Orrin Woodward. Wonder why he has such a big team? You'll have a big team too when you learn to live the principles set forth in these books as well as Orrin has.

Orrin Woodard of Team - Justice

DiMaio's Leadership trait #8. Justice.

To be just is to be fair. Personal feelings, emotions and prejudices should not be allowed to influence your decisions. To improve the trait of justice, make sure you practice the following:

- Apply rewards consistently.
- Listen to all sides of an issue before making a decision.
- Be aware of your prejudices and seek to rid yourself of them.

Orrin Woodward has set up the reward system for the Team to be fair. Personal feelings, emotions and prejudices just don't enter into any part of it. It's pure performance. I can say with the perspective of operating several successful businesses, I have never seen a more just and fair system.

On the Team, your pay raise becomes effective when you do. Now that's great news for some people and not so great news for some (lazy) people. If you're not lazy - you ought to check out the Team!

Orrin Woodard of Team - Tact
DiMaio's Leadership trait #7. Tact.

Tact is the ability to deal with others without causing ill feelings or offense. It is doing and saying the right thing at the right time. In order to develop tact, do the following:

- Apply the Golden Rule.

- Check yourself for tolerance and patience. If you lack these qualities, make efforts to change.

Ever since I met him, Orrin Woodward, co-author of "Leading the Consumer Rebellion", has treated people tactfully. In fact, he goes out of his way to; 1) find something about every person he meets that he appreciates about them and 2) tell them about it. It's fairly easy not to offend someone when you are looking for something good in them.

Orrin lives the Golden Rule. That's one of the reasons he has such a big team.

Orrin Woodard of Team - Initiative
DiMaio's Leadership trait #6. Initiative.

Initiative is recognizing what must be done and then doing it - without having to be told to do so. To develop initiative:

- Look for things that need to be done, that you know must be done and do them. (Sounds simple because it is.)
- Look for better ways to do things.

Orrin Woodward wouldn't be where he is today without taking initiative. He accepted responsibility for his life and then did something about improving it.

You can too.

Orrin Woodard of Team - Dependability
DiMaio's Leadership trait #5. Dependability.

Leaders are dependable when they fulfill their commitments. As Leadership Institute President Morton Blackwell says, "In life, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead."

Dependability is developed by:

- Being places on time.

- Accomplishing tasks, even if you face obstacles.

- Building a reputation for keeping your word when you've made a promise.

- Demonstrating loyalty to your friends and supporters.

I can count on Orrin Woodward. If he says he will do something (and he has many times since I've met him) it is done. D. O. N. E. Done. Every time. No excuses. Just .... done.

I admire his consistency over the years and I like being in business with a man I can trust.

Orrin Woodard of Team - Decisiveness
DiMaio's Leadership trait #4. Decisiveness.

Decisiveness is the ability to weigh all the facts and make a timely decision. To develop decisiveness, you should:

- Get into the habit of considering several points of view for each problem; then make your best choice.

- Know when not to make a decision.

- Remember that a good decision now is usually better than a perfect decision later.

Orrin Woodward, co-author of "Leading the Consumer Rebellion", is by this definition, a decisive leader. I have heard Orrin repeatedly ask for input and I know that he carefully considers all that is brought to his attention. And I can tell you that from my perspective, every major decision he has made has strengthened him, his leaders and his Team.

What more can one ask?

Orrin Woodard of Team - Courage
DiMaio's Leadership trait #3. Courage.

"Courage is the quality that acknowledges fear but allows you to meet danger or opposition calmly and with firmness. You show moral courage by standing up for what is right even though it may not be popular or immediately advantageous to do so. Courage is developed when you:

- Place duty and commitment to your organization's mission over personal feelings and desires.

- Look for and willingly accept responsibilities.

- Stand for what is right, even if it is unpopular.

- Never blame others for your mistakes."


By this definition, Orrin Woodward is a man of courage. At this point in his life he has enough time and money to do anything he wants to do. And what does he do? He continues to actively lead the Team toward its goal of making a difference in the lives of millions of people.

Understand. If it was about money, Orrin could just chill out and his family is set for generations. But it's about more than that. He's building the greatest business to ever exist on this planet. Great in the sense of the positive impact on people's lives.

And I'm going to help him as long as I draw breath.

How 'bout you? Want to be a part of something great?

Orrin Woodard of Team - Knowledge
DiMaio's Leadership Trait #2. Knowledge.

"You can gain the respect and confidence of your teammates by demonstrating to them that you are knowledgeable about your business. Keep in mind, though, that learning is a continual process. To develop and demonstrate knowledge you should:

Learn from experienced people by listening and studying.

Ask questions when unsure.

Notice and correct substandard performance in yourself.

Show your teammates by your example how they can achieve success." (italics mine)

Orrin Woodward, co-author of "Leading the Consumer Rebellion" has made these behaviors a part of his life. I remember that Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad" always told him: "Mind your own business." What he was saying was that success required knowledge and constant study and improvement.

That's why Orrin created the Team's education system - so that all of us can gain knowledge about our business.

I'm glad he did.

By the way, we're in a people business. Now that you know that, you might want to re-read this post.

Orrin Woodard of Team - Integrity
All good leaders possess certain timeless traits. Robert O. DiMaio of the Leadership Institute writes that the following list of 14 traits can be used as character guidelines by which we can evaluate ourselves and others. I'll cover one trait each post over the next few weeks.

The first of the 14 leadership traits is:

1. Integrity - the qualities of absolute honesty, trustworthiness, uprightness of character and high moral principles. Integrity can be practiced by doing the following:

Tell the truth - always.

Stand for what you believe in, even if the belief is unpopular.

Use your power to work toward your organization's goals or for the welfare of your teammates and not for your own personal gain.

Orrin Woodward of the Team would agree for he is a man of the highest integrity. He lives all three of the behaviors DiMaio describes here. In fact Orrin says you can't even step on to the field of leadership without integrity.

He's right.

I wouldn't be on his team if he didn't have integrity.