Formula for Successful Leadership
I want to share an idea that I have been dwelling on. It’s a simple formula or model for effective and successful leadership.
Successful Leadership = (Effective Communication + Articulate Vision + Influence + Action) (Ethics)
Effective Communication
Articulate Vision
Influence
Action
Ethics
Ethics is the multiplier for a very critical reason – anything multiplied by zero equals zero. Without ethics, nothing else amounts to much of anything.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 Defining Leadership with a Quote from Arthur Carmazzi // May 26, 2008 at 8:03 am
[...] Formula for Successful Leadership [...]
2 Light Hearted and Slightly Comical // Aug 17, 2008 at 8:05 am
[...] The nature or nurture debate is quite common in leadership theory. Basically, is a leader born a leader or is leadership something that a leader learns over a lifetime. I personally tend to lean toward the later, but I do acknowledge that certain personality traits are beneficial for effective leadership. Leadership is definitely an art with only certain facets able to be defined in more scientific approaches. [...]
3 Amanda Matsoso // Jul 7, 2009 at 7:23 am
A leader is not born, a leader is made- it’s the person who acknowledges mistakes, who embrases both challenges and prosperity because a good leader knows that God brings both happiness and problems, as way of acknwledging them. Embrase failure, it proves your attempt.
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