The Origins of Leadership

The Origins of Leadership...... A GREAT leader makes happen anything they intend and skillfully avoids the unintended through great self knowledge - being consciously aware of the upper and lower limits of their abilities.

Leadership is like the an iceberg - except that it does not travel purposelessly at the whim of current, tide and wind, enything but! The obvious abilities are present for all to see. The aptitudes support visible laedership. Forming the greater part of leadership and often hidden, in every way these are vital to leadership. Finally, and fundamentally, there are the values and predispositions which support and underpin the true leader.

On the surface you will see these attributes in all effective leaders:
Ability to communicate, dependability, vision, confidence; the skills of planning, decision making, resource and knowledge acquisition, monitoring, setting time frames. These are the objective skills of the leader.

Under the surface, the other 90%

The deeper attributes of leaders: loyalty, due process, gratitude, respect
determination and courage to learn, change, achieve, confront, challenge. Wit all this the energy to make things happen, skillfully mixed with
empathy, judgemental, experience, strong values, commitment; yet they will be sensitive to those whose support is needed; they have a deeper ability to envision & know, to believe in self and work with and through others – which comes from self motivation, commitment, respect and the deep confidence within

But for inspirational leaders, there is more, much more. In inspired leaders all the above is supported by a confidence born of working for higher purpose (great leaders feel ‘owned by humanity’); feeling a loyalty and commitment to others which supporting wonderful 'followship’ – a strong determination to support the leader; Inspired leaders move in that warm milieu comprsing great integrity, fairness, honesty, openness, a passion for humanity, the confidence to be great with and through others, a gentle yet strong self belief and a calling for a balanced greater good rather than any self-created purpose. Their inspiration generates a great internalised equilibrium; an intuitive power; a belief and a sense of being which is their source of inspiration within themselves and others whom they touch.

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