Good Leaders

 

By: Duke Rohe  drohe@att.net

Good Leaders …

  1. See through the dark.
  2. Have a direction.
  3. Are purpose driven.
  4. Have a moral and spiritual core.
  5. Are not afraid to fail.
  6. Are beyond the boundaries of ‘now’.
  7. Encompass courage, gratitude, forgiveness, humility.
  8. Personally relate.
  9. Grow from crucifixion.
  10. Are followers too.
  11. Give away their leadership in order make room for more.
  12. Ignite untapped fuel in others.
  13. See crisis as a dare to succeed.
  14. Channel instability to get to a higher progression.
  15. Are courageous; grace under pressure.
  16. Prepare for the worst through expecting the best.
  17. Are responsible for those relying on them.
  18. Get the most out of their crew.
  19. Are dealers in hope…Napoleon
  20. Generate optimism.  Optimism is true moral courage…Shakleton
  21. Relay a notion that they care.
  22. Don’t forget their roots; their followers.
  23. Lay down a structure for success.   Even chaos desires structure.
  24. Create contingency plans for possible obstacles.
  25. Are a model for cheerfulness.
  26. Make the best out of the worst situation.
  27. Are you a servant first or a leader first?  One is a self-serve station.  The other is a full service station.
  28. Have a cause that is bigger than themselves.
  29. Seek people who have a leadership thread about them.
  30. Carry today into the future.
  31. Volunteer to serve because they choose to serve
  32. Don’t forget their beginnings.
  33. Impact on their community.
  34. Employ a passion survey:  What makes you excited when you come to work?
  35. Realize that if people lead happy lives, they will also lead productive lives.
  36. Have clear missions.  Toro’s mission:  Making the grass greener on you side.
  37. Encourage people who want to make a difference.
  38. Strive for fairness, not equity.
  39. Serve their ideas.
  40. Are known by their outcome.
  41. Have great causes they are willing to be crucified for.
  42. Leaders are a conduit of a cause.
  43. There is an alternation of support between leaders and followers.
  44. Leadership happens in the space between people.
  45. Supporting success is a leader’s role.
  46. Use creativity to FIND your problem.
  47. A good leader shares his leadership.
  48. Tolerance of ambiguity is that place where ideas and new understanding enter on.
  49. You don’t lose power by not knowing, you gain authenticity.
  50. Our picture of the Truth is not complete.
  51. Laws get in the way of education.
  52. There’s no price a leader would not pay to fulfill his dream.
  53. Measure of greatness is not how far you’ve come but how much you have overcome.
  54. One must fill his dream in order to fulfill it.
  55. A leader begins new thinking in the organization.