How do you build a legacy?

A longtime executive and leadership coach didn’t change his leadership by chasing a bigger title. He changed it the day he realized that what people really want, especially near the end of their careers or lives, is proof that their work actually mattered. From then on, his job stopped being “how do I look successful?” and became “how do I make other people’s impact undeniable?” He surrounded himself with people who were better than him in their domains. He pushed them into stretch roles, put them onstage and connected them to opportunities that would outlast his own tenure. The result was a paradox most leaders miss. By focusing on building other people’s legacies — not just their output, but their confidence, visibility and networks — his own legacy grew bigger than anything he could have built by himself. Read more on entrepreneur.com.