Leadership160
I am new to the SMS medium and find it purifying to reduce messages to 160 characters in length. I continue to wonder about leadership with the ongoing conclusion:
Good leader needs 2B exemplar on some primary axis (smart, strong, etc), survivable martyr 4 her team, recognize + cultivate strengths in those around her.
It's not simple to achieve these goals.
- Condition 1 posits the need for some core skill that others around her can aspire towards or at least fundamentally respect. Proving possession of such skill without looking like an arrogant jack*ss is the challenge.
- Condition 2 implies that the leader will take on fire for those around her, but can survive the attack. A dead leader isn't nearly as good as a living leader in most cases, thus survivability is key.
- Condition 3 is the ability to accelerate development of people around her so as to exceed the leader's own abilities, and thus serve the betterment of humankind.
But it's good to have goals at least I think.
Posted by maeda at July 6, 2007 07:20 PM