Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Freedom on Friday - 2nd Serving...

I remember reading somewhere - "If you are going to lead, you better have a deep-seated belief that you should be at the helm, dragging everyone into that better future - Virtually nothing about a leader is humble. I'm not saying they are arrogant, but their dreams are big." Successful leaders must find a "universal truth" to rally their followers. These universal truths stem from the basic human needs, fears and desires that unite all people, across all cultures. They also happen to be great tools for leadership.

Take, for example, one of the great human fears -- fear of the future. We all share a fear of the unknown. The biggest challenge for we modern-day leaders, of course, is that we traffic in the future, but believe me - some of the worlds most accepted & best leaders have overcome this fear -- and build confidence among their followers -- with a weapon of their own, a weapon called: Clarity.

By presenting a clear message, and backing up their message with actions that support it, top managers of companies have rallied employees to their cause and enjoyed bottom-line success as a result.

The best way to turn anxiety into confidence is this: Be clear
Clarity is the antidote to anxiety
Even If you do nothing else as a leader: Be clear

I have consciously decided to be CLEAR - how about you....

"Destiny is not Destined - it is - DESIGNED"

CM

1 comment:

Unknown said...

The Following are my humble thoughts to my ever loving friend,

I loved the Quote "Destiny is not Destined - it is - DESIGNED". It is implicit that "Provided Perseverance, and Perspiration put in to designing" because it is one heck of a long designing.Also destiny itself means predetermined course of events so it is pre determined.Whether an individual ready to take incharge (Accountability as you said in your blog) of this vital "determination" is the question.

It is true great leaders lead with vision but by learning from the past. Times to look back is essential sometimes in a Labyrinth journey.

As do We (I and you) in our life now my friend.:-)