Sunday, December 9, 2007

The Art of Leadership

Leaders keep their eyes on high goals. They strive to make the efforts of their followers and themselves contribute to the enrichment of personality and the improvement of the community around them.

Leaders are flexible rather than dogmatic. They believe in the unity rather than conformity. And they strive to achieve consensus out of conflict.

Leaders demand much of others, but also give much of themselves.

Leaders use their heart as well as theur head. They must strike an appropriate balance between the individual needs of group members and the productivity of the group.

Leaders are self-starters. They create plans and set them in motion. They are both people of thought and action.

Leaders assume no one set of ideas and values is better than another.

Leaders provide answers as well as direction, offer strength as well as dedication, and speak from experience as well as understanding the problems they face and the people they work with.

Leaders are open to new ideas, but they explore their ramifications thoroughly.

Leaders who have the respect for other people at all levels of an organization, for the work they do, and for their abilities, aspirations and needs, will find that respect is returned.

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