A good leader markets hope. It is his/her story of trial to tell after victories are won, but not during the adversity. To reveal to those a leader leads the trials and losses prematurely is damaging. It kills hope. It kills vision. It is not unhealthy for the leader to keep these things to themselves.
When we hear leaders tell there stories and they say everybody has trials we all have problems, it is the tendency for the follower to hear: they are just saying that to let me know they are here with me, but they couldn't really have struggles, look at them. This is why the follower is the follower. The fact is that the leader has larger issues then most followers in there depth it is the mindset of the leader that is the difference. A leader sees a struggle as an obstacle to overcome, a hurdle to jump over.
If the leader lacks the skill set to overcome or leap over the 'hurdle' then that skill set will be acquired. The most important difference is that the leader does not shift the blame. The leader takes full ownership for anything he has allowed in his business, organization, or relationship. If he/she needs guidance the leader is humble and seeks it out from someone who has what the leader needs to overcome. It is not sought out from the follower because in the followers mindset this would damage hope.
A leader focuses on what he/she wants to grow in the arena, protecting the liabilities with a shield and killing off any signs that would attack the hope of those he/she leads. There is no talk among followers about defeat, they cannot overcome such damaging discussions by those whom they are following. It is only for the telling at the appropriate time when the leader decides, usually when it will have the most affect for the follower to genuinely know that the leader can lead them through what they are facing.
"Without vision the people perish" the storyteller says. So true it is. Remember if you turn around and people are following then you are leading, if you turn around and no one is there then you are just going for a walk.
Joshua Andrus
www.hiresite.info
Posts
