The 5 steps of leadership, also referred as the 5P are : Position, Permission, Production, People Development and Pinnacle. 

Positional

This represents the beginning of everyone’s leadership journey. Leadership is granted because you receive a job title.

Don’t expect people to come to you. 

The job title is not important. The work you do is more important. Good leaders do not have to know that they have authority, but do not influence as they represent your position. This is the starting point.

It lets you think about what kind of leader you want to be. Your team follows you because they have to. You are the boss.

Permission

Your team follows you because they want to follow you. They like you. Because of your strong relationship, people allow you to lead them.

As your relationship grows, so does your trust. Focus on people rather than the task. Treat people like you want yourself to be treated to achieve the vision of the team. Work is more enjoyable when everyone gets on it. It boosts energy and leads to better decision-making.

The drawback maybe that you can leave yourself open to being taken advantage of. They are learning, and they know what their people are.

Listen and observe, and they are learning continuously and have a servant attitude.

Production

It is all about delivering results. As people see you delivering results and start following you. 
This is the level where the leader can become a change agent and build momentum. People want to be part of your team. Aware of strengths. Have a clear vision and encourage the team to work together.

Never lose sight of the results planned. Growing is an aspect at this level. Your credibility increases at this level and you create momentum in you and around you.

People Development

Delivering results by developing people. Reproduce results with succession planning. Better results as you train people to deliver results. Bring people on a mission to achieve the team vision with long-term focus. Place people at the proper levels. Developing leadership culture, teaching, practicing, coaching, mentoring and reward leadership at all levels.

The recruitment process, and positioning at the right place. Understanding what they are good at and what others are good at, equip them well.

Five steps for succession planning are :

• I do it
• I do it with you
• You do it, I am with you
• You do it
• You do it with someone else. Compounding the effect of training and succession plan
• People are assets