Tag: Responsibility

How Authentic Leaders Lead

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Leadership, Management, Motivational Quotes, Personal Development

We need great leaders. We need them because they know how to lead people. Above all, they know how to lead themselves.

According to Gareth Chick, ‘A leader takes an community outside its collective comfort zone, and makes the journey exciting, not frightening.’

Real leaders ask real, tough questions. They ‘… ask themselves one overriding question when posed a problem by another person- ‘What does this person need from me right here, right now?’ And they make things happpen. They are authentic. When they say something, they don’t play with what they say they will do.

And they are not afraid to say, I don’t know what you are talking about.’ They are not afraid to admit what they don’t know.

Because they know that when you admit what you do not know, you are willing to learn.

They ‘subordinate themselves to the cause and to the responsibility they’ve accepted– not in a way that excludes or overrides family, friends or external interests, but in a way that overrides their ego and immediate self-interest.’

‘Authentic leaders see possibilities that others do not see, or do not want to see, and have a knowing and a belief that is seemingly unshakeable.’

‘Authentic leaders ask people to things and achieve things that they do not know how to do themselves; that may even seem impossible or ‘beyond reason.’

‘Authentic leaders constantly hector people with the purpose and the vision and are overt and passionate living examples of the values.’

‘Authentic leaders touch people emotionally, sharing intimate moments of joy and elation as they inspire others to go beyond their wildest dreams of performance.’

‘Authentic leaders put themselves forward as the public face and voice of the mission and the message, and allow themselves to be the embodiment, at times the icon if appropriate, of the cause.’

They are not leading to make themselves bigger than others. They are leading to make the world a better place.

If you want to lead, you must be in it for others, not for yourself.

As always, you are more, not less!

Source:

Gareth Chick (2019). And The Leader Is … : Transforming Cultures with CEQ

This Is The Time To Focus On What Matters To You

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development
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‘When life is stressful, when you have a setback in your finances, or when you’re struggling with depression, don’t let those negative thoughts drown out what God promised.’- Joel Osteen

Things happen. We cannot control everything. We cannot control what other people are going to do to us.

We cannot control what other people are going to say about us. We cannot control what life is going to put in front of us. It is okay.

That is why we are here. We are not here to live a boring life, or to do boring things. We are here to grow, to make a difference.

We can do it. Yes, fear will try to tell you that you are not good enough, that you do not have what it takes to get ahead, that you are too poor to know what you want, or that you are not educated enough.

Fear can say what fear wants to say. But is your own responsibility to stay focused on what really matters to you.

When things are not going well, that is when you should never give up. When you are facing financial issues, that is when you should never give up.

When you are alone, when no one sees you, when no one cares about you, when you are depressed, that is when you should bet even more on yourself.

Because when things are not going well, all you have is you. Do not expect people to cheer you up. They are not going to do it. Why?

Because you have not done anything big yet. But don’t give up. Just keep doing what you are doing. Your time will come.

As always, you are more, not less!