Leadership - Two Kinds of Leaders

There are two kinds of leaders. Those who take people somewhere that benefits the leader; and those who take people somewhere that benefits the people. 

Leadership is not about changing "them" but rather about empowering people to better "themselves" and each other. Leadership is inherently about facilitating behaviors and enriching cultures. Anything less is manipulative, exploitive, and unsustainable. 

Such leadership is more about evolution than revolution. Evolution provides continuity upon which people can build. Revolution produces confusion, pain, guilt, and fear. 

Leadership is about building bridges to bring people safely and successfully to "a better place". It helps a lot if it is a place where people want to go, and that they understand both the realities "there" and "getting there". 

Such is leadership ...defining reality, casting the vision, removing obstacles, empowering others, showing the way, and helping those who struggle.

The measure of a leader is not in the number of follower's acquired but in the number of new leaders inspired. To lead, just keep doing the next right thing and consider what might come after next.

All the Best!

Bob

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