Leaders Need To Define The Values Of The Community

Forget about what you lead, it is how you lead that is being assessed

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Good leaders are scarce. Not many of us are good leaders.

This doesn’t mean we’re not good humans, good professionals, good friends — it just means we’re not good leaders. Conversely, many good leaders aren’t good at much else other than leading.

However, it is likely that we might be in a leadership position at some point in our lives. It may be at home, it may be at work, it may be in any community we may be a part of. If the community existed before the leader, the leader will have to safeguard its core values. If the leader is also the founder of the community, the leader will have to establish those principles first. In either case, it will be the leader that everyone will turn to for guidance, for clarity, for direction.

The challenge is obvious: if most people aren’t good at leading and most people will eventually have to lead, the doubts that leadership is in safe hands are more than reasonable. What the leader cannot do is disregard the position they find themselves in. It cannot be ignored. Even when the leader didn’t choose to be the one to lead, especially when they didn’t choose to lead, it is paramount for the leader not to neglect their position.