Sunday 18 September 2011

Leadership-Beyond a Doubt




Leadership is about giving hope and inspiration to others. In order to do this we have to free of self doubt. This is easy to say but for many people very difficult to put into practice. Self doubt and uncertainty seem to be a part of daily life in this modern World. Many people in fact cover this doubt and uncertainty with arrogance and displayed self importance but by careful observation we can see the extent of their fraud. If the Leader is not sincere then there can be little doubt as to the nature of their real self being portrayed to us.

When we are sincerely and actively giving hope to others then at the same time we are inspiring them. Paradoxically this hope and inspiration comes back to us and then we feel self inspired. The interesting thing that we can note is that it required very little from us-virtually no energy and not much time but the rewards from inspiring others and thus inspiring ourselves are long lasting. The other partner to sincerity is consistency for without it then the hope and inspiration will become confused and misguided.

I have known many leaders who consistently fail to inspire and give hope to others. They confuse the benefits of these two virtues with displays of anger, disappointment and arrogance and this will never inspire their people. People leave organisations because of the failure of the Leader.

So from my many consultations with many leaders at all levels I have seen the benefit of being able to give hope and inspire others. This can come from our own internal attitude towards ourselves by removing the doubt and the uncertainty that often stifles our progress - we have to learn to move forward with confidence and go beyond doubt and uncertainty and in so doing we then learn the benefits of giving hope and consistent inspiration to others.

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