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Leadership 101

Article Category: Leadership

Author Name: john quick

Growing the Leader in Us

"For what we've discovered, and rediscovered, is that leadership isn't the private reserve of a few charismatic men and women. It's a process ordinary people use when they're bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Liberate the leader in everyone, and extraordinary things happen.".
-- James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in Organizations.

Some people in "leadership roles" are excellent leaders. Conversely, many people who have no formal leadership role are excellent leaders. In today's fast changing world, we all need to be leaders.

We all need to be leaders, regardless of our formal title or role. The process of becoming a leader is the same as the process of becoming a highly effective human being. Leadership development is personal development.

It would be easy if we could all become leaders by following a simple set of steps. The journey of personal growth means finding our own way. There are, however, critical areas of personal development based on timeless principles. The distance we need to grow along each leadership dimension will differ for each of us, but defining and continually growing along each of these paths is the way of the leader.

Strong leaders are well-rounded and constantly expanding their personal leadership across these key areas:.

* Choose Not to Lose. Whether we choose to focus on our problems or our possibilities is a key leadership issue. When we are faced with obstacles and failure, those who can overcome adversity and learn from their experiences, turning them into opportunities, are the ones who will be truly successful.
* Focus and Context. Our Focus and Context is shaped by three vital questions: Where am I going? (my values and principles) and; Why do I exist?
* Responsibility For Choices. IF IT 'S TO BE, IT 'S UP TO ME: Leadership means accepting responsibility for our choices in life. Leaders realize that life accumulates, that choice more than chance determines their circumstances. They refuse to succumb to the "Victimitus Virus" ("it's all their fault" and "there's nothing I can do").
GETTING REAL: Leadership isn't just what we do, it's something that we are, which then drives what we do. Genuine leadership comes from within.
* Passion and Commitment. BEYOND NEAR-LIFE EXPERIENCES: Successful people are energized by a love for what they do because it brings them ever closer to who they are. They overcome apathy and cynicism, develop a burning commitment to their cause, and with discipline achieve their desires and dreams.
* Spirit and Meaning. WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL: What is the purpose of our work? Of our lives? Material success alone is not enough. Leaders seek within-- and find something more. In what is too often a mad dash from cradle to grave, we need to take time-- in work and life-- to nourish our inner selves.
* Growing and Developing. FROM PHASE OF LIFE TO WAY OF LIFE: The popular goals of predictability, security, and stability are deadly. The closer we get to these dangerous goals, the more our growth is stunted. True and lasting security comes from constant growth and development, based on regular R&R (reflection and renewal).
* Mobilizing and Energizing. PUTTING EMOTIONS IN MOTION: Leaders don't motivate with rewards and punishments. Highly effective leaders boost the energy of others with their passion and appreciation.

The more the world changes, the more leadership principles stay the same. Leadership principles are timeless. And they apply to all of us, no matter what role we play in society or organizations.

Some people in "leadership roles" are excellent leaders. Conversely, many people who have no formal leadership role are excellent leaders. The process of becoming a leader is the same as the process of becoming a highly effective human being. The distance we need to grow along each leadership dimension will differ for each of us, but defining and continually growing along each of these paths is the way of the leader.

Leaders realize that life accumulates, that choice more than chance determines their circumstances.

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