Leadership
Leadership is influence. We all have influence with someone somewhere, thus we are all leaders. Your leadership may not be official, public or elected but you are a leader. You may not lead from behind a microphone but someone is listening. You may not be standing in front of many, but someone is watching.
It may be a colleague. Or a sibling. Or a child. It may be a neighbour whose name you do not even remember but someone is being influenced by you somewhere. You are a leader. And it would be great if you could become a better leader. Not necessarily to lead more people or in higher places but merely to be more effective in exercising your influence. Even if you do not aspire to any kind of public or formal leadership this is a worthy goal.
Whatever type of leadership you are aspiring to I want to give you a tip that will help you become a better leader. All leadership starts here and we all carry this responsibility. It is what we call 'personal leadership'.
This term refers to how you lead yourself. All the things you need to do to lead others well, you also need to do with yourself. However, often we work very hard at being a good leader to everyone but ourselves. We neglect our leadership of self.
The book of Proverbs says this:
It is better to win control over yourself than over whole cities.
Pro 16:32b GNB
Today I want to encourage you to take all the leadership principles you understand and apply in all the roles you fulfil and apply it on yourself.
- Do you know where you are going?
- Do you know what you are trying to accomplish?
- Do you have a plan?
- Are you monitoring and evaluating your progress?
- Do you encourage and motivate yourself?
Big question
Would you consider leading any team without doing any of the above?
Why would you even consider doing any less for yourself?
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Never truer than in today's smart phone driven society. Always someone watching, and generally with their thumb on a video camera. Scrutiny has never been more prevalent, and as such, the principles you have bought to light in this post are important things to be assessing, especially for people in a position of influence.
I used to be a leader but gave it up but gave it up when they put the clocks forward one time too many
Everyone has a follower who aspires to be like you. Our way of life influences others. It is always good to live in morals than to go astray. Make a positive impact and not negative ones. Thanks for sharing and this is an addup
Yes ... one of the most famous leadership is leadership of the family, a father gives anything to his family and hopes all his children succeed.
Very simply put, we need to do some self check up every now and then and make adjustments as needed is how I took this. Thanks for the reminder.
Nice post @reonlouw.
I have always hated the fact that some people hide behind fear and use the idea that some people are born leaders as a way to elude their fears. We all are leaders and should be able to lead when the opportunity finds us because i know it will come.
Thanks for sharing..
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