May 08 2010
What I’m Agreeable About Leadership
Here are a few ideas about leadership that I’m agreeable with:
- Leadership is a service. A leader is one who provides a service called leadership.
- A leader is just one part of the team. Everyone in the team plays his or her own role. The leader plays a role by providing leadership.
- Since leadership is a service, a leader is one who serves others by providing that service. He or she is a servant (one who serves) to others. The leader is a servant leader.
- Leadership is a calling. It is something bestowed to the leader. It is not his or her thing. The leader serves for something higher than just him or herself.
- Leadership is nothing glorious. It is not about the leader. It is not about anyone’s reputation. It is not about exalting the leader him or herself. He or she has no need to take credits.
- When his or her job is done, or his or her term with the team is over, the leader should just step down and let others take over. The leader should not stay on for the sake of ego.
- The leader is not one who sits behind and instructs people to do things. He not only knows the way, but he walks the way, and shows the way too.
- Leadership is about more than just inspiring others to be their best, but is also about inspiring others to be better persons than before.
- A leader teaches others to fish. He or she does not fish for them. But when necessary, the leader does fish with them.
- A leader does not just seek to complete the tasks given, but seeks to take care of the people working with him or her too. The leader should seek to make them better persons after working together than before.
Sun Tzu says, “Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage” (故善戰者之勝也，無智名，無勇功). Once a leader’s job is done, just get lost! The world is not about the leader.
My view may not be complete, nor even correct. But if you feel disagreeable on anything, please feel free to disagree. 
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