Leadership serves as the
lifeblood running throughout my organization. Leaders are charged with split second
decisions that carry catastrophic consequences.
In today’s military operations time is often cut short and leaders are
left to make decisions based on intuition and training. I believe an important element
of a leader is where the “Leadership participates.” I thoroughly support that a
leader needs to be down on the front line and not making decisions from an
office chair. I support leaders getting their hands dirty and not forgetting about
the little people grinding it out every day. Second, “Leadership
that connects” is equally as important. Although I understand the significance
of rank and good order and discipline within an organization leadership has to
realize that even the little people have feelings, families, and the bottom
line is not the only important element of the organization. Third, “Leadership that is relatively free of
ego” is important particularly because you have to have someone who is self
serving. Stephen Denning was able to explain this as “True leaders do not lead because
they expect something in return. They lead because they have something to give.”
I fully support this mentality and believe leaders who expect compensation are
distracted from their true nature or position. Lastly, it is important for
leaders to understand thoroughly what Winston Churchill once said, “Fear is reaction
courage is a decision.”
References
Denning, S. (2011). The Leader's Guide to Storytelling. (pp. 269-293). San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
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