The World Needs Leaders

• Who use their influence at the right times for the right reasons;
   
• Who take a little greater share of the blame and a little smaller share of the credit;
   
• Who lead themselves successfully before attempting to lead others;
   
• Who continue to search for the best answer, not the familiar one;
   
• Who add value to the people and organization they lead;
   
• Who work for the benefit of others and not for personal gain;
   
• Who handle themselves with their heads and handle others with their hearts;
   
• Who know the way, go the way, and show the way.
   
• Who inspire and motivate rather than intimidate and manipulate;
   
• Who live with people to know their problems and live with God in order to solve them;
   
• Who realize that their dispositions are more important than their positions;
   
• Who mold opinions instead of following opinion polls;
   
• Who understand that an institution is the reflection of their character;
   
• Who never place themselves above others except in carrying responsibility;
   
• Who will be as honest in small things as in great things;
   
• Who discipline themselves so they not be disciplined by others;
   
• Who encounter setbacks and turn them into comebacks;
   
• Who follow a moral compass that points in the right direction regardless of the trends.

 

From John Maxwell – Developing The Leader Within You

 

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