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What is Leadership? PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 06 October 2009 08:32
Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.
Leadership development is self-development.

Leadership is not just for people at the top.  Everyone can learn to lead by discovering the power that lies within each one of us to make a difference and being prepared when the call to lead comes.

Albert Einstein once said, "We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles but no personality.  It cannot lead; it can only serve."

Leaders know and science has discovered emotionality's deeper purpose: the timeworn mechanisms of emotion allow two human beings to receive the contents of each other's minds.  Emotion is the messenger of love; it is the vehicle that carries every signal from one brimming heart to another.

Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the context of a goal, understand the dynamics of human behaviour and take the initiative to get to where you want to be.

Self-coaching and self-awareness helps you develop your leadership skills, clarify your values and guiding principles and build your reputation.
Self-knowledge and self-management provides the personal integrity to engage in productive and authentic relationships.
With thanks to, Coach2Coach newsletter, 30th September 2009.
 

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