It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Photo by plagal There has been a debate for years about what makes a great leader. This debate is usually summarized into two schools of thought. The one school proposes that leaders are a select few people who are born with the unique set of skill and have rare leadership abilities. The other school of [...]
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Leaders influence others through their actions. Example is critical to effective leadership. The power of example is best illustrated by an old poem by Edgar Guest… A SERMON I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way. The eye’s a better pupil, [...]
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Bre Pettis and Kio Stark have developed and interesting manifesto called “The Cult of Done Manifesto”. Leadership is about creating, it’s not about problem solving. To create we must focus on doing, learning and adapting. The core idea in this manifesto, is the focus on doing, rather than first waiting to figure out what’s right, [...]
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“Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.” – Robert Jarvik Leaders pioneer and initiate change. Leaders are not sheepwalkers and they do not follow the traditional cow paths of life. Leaders bring the future into the present. This is because leaders see what others [...]
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Seth Godin’s post Authenticity builds on the issue of character which I discussed in a previous post stating that: “Behaviour is the expression of our character. It’s the impression, the mark we leave on the lives of others. As leaders character is action and as leaders, we are judged by what we do.” Seth makes [...]
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