Quality, meaningful, and effective leadership is not, and should never be, about someone telling others what to do, in the form of, a, My way or the highway, attitude and mindset! True leaders understand, should, articulate a set of inspiring, motivating, and compelling reasons for others to follow them, and this should include avoiding trying to take all the blame. CREDIT, personally, but rather to be, ready, willing and able, proactively, share the credit, and thank and obviously appreciate the ideas, participation and efforts of others! After more than four decades of personal and professional involvement, in almost everything, involvement, effective leadership, from identifying and qualifying, to training, developing and mentoring thousands of actual and/or potential leaders, as well as serving, personally, as leader, on several occasions, I strongly believe, and emphasize, the importance, of this kind, of concerted effort and emphasis. With that in mind, this article will attempt to briefly consider, examine, review and discuss, using the mnemonic approach, what this means and represents, and why it is important.
1. character; cooperate; coordinator; clarity; design; create: As times evolve, doesn’t it make sense, groups must too, or lose their sustainability and relevance? Truly, great leaders possess the quality of character and ethics to emphasize, cooperate and coordinate others, towards the greater good, articulating a message, with inspiration, clarity, etc.! They must think outside the box, with an open mind, so that they can perceive and conceive the best options, and proceed accordingly, creating a meaningful, significant and strategic action plan!
2. Important; reliable; reach; sensitive; manager: Responsible leaders must articulate a relevant and credible plan that proactively and strategically reaches out to others! Unless one does, how can one proceed in the most responsible way?
3. Empathy; emphasis; Excellence; endurance; to enrich: When one effectively listens and learns from every conversation and experience, and proceeds accordingly, it maximizes the possibility of proceeding with genuine empathy! You should put your emphasis, accordingly, if you want to achieve a high degree of excellence, instead of settling for good, pretty! To do so requires significant degrees of stamina and persistence, in order to enrich your organization and stakeholders, for the greater good!
4. deepen; discover; deliver: True leaders must go beyond – the – surface and the same – old, same – old, and go deeper, to discover the best path, forward! Only then will the best plans be used effectively and true leadership delivered!
5. Integrity; inspired; innovate; imagination; involve: Only those, with absolute integrity, rather than just, selectively, are ready to inspire others! They must have a well thought out imagination and be willing to innovate, when necessary, and involve as many stakeholders as possible!
6. truth/trust; prompt; time tested; trends; together: If you want to earn the trust of others, you must earn it by telling the truth consistently! You must proceed, with well-considered and timely action, taking into account trends, evolving times, and time, experience, knowledge, and hopefully wisdom! A true leader realizes and believes that he and the group are in this together!
If you expect to be a leader, will you be ready, willing, and able to give, CREDIT, to others, for any and all kinds of help and assistance? Are you up to the tasks?