Comments on: Leaders are originals, not copies…!

By: No great leader initially set out to be a leader | The Practice of Leadership

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:09:24 +0000

[...] be a credible and authentic leader, you must learn to express yourself in your own unique way. This means you cannot lead by copying others. You cannot lead by copying the actions, beliefs, [...]

By: The importance of context for successful leadership | The Practice of Leadership

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:49:35 +0000

[...] and become like our leadership hero’s, instead of seeking to become more of who we are, to be original’s and not copies. What traits and factors that made a leader great in the past, will not necessarily make the leader [...]

By: Thommy Bommen

Thommy Bommen — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:33:01 +0000

This is really a nice post! It is probably one of the hardest task a person has. To be himself.

I recently talked to a old schoolmate of mine about issues like these. He had a totally different take on this issue. He was of the understanding that if he became what other expected he would “win”. He would not only change his ways to the “better”, but he would adapt better to the world around him.

After a quite long discussion on the matter I settled with the notion that he had low self esteem and that he blamed earlier failures on the way he was as himself.

That got me thinking, It’s better to be that odd fellow instead of just floating between being whoever you meet and try to imitate them.

I’ll get myself that book, thanks George!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:11:45 +0000

Here is another great snippet of Warren discussing great leaders

http://www.linkageinc.com/disl/preview_demo.aspx?a=faaf0e25-69c8-49c1-9206-8abdd30cbd95