What a Leader is to me
I love stories, great storytelling, and great storytellers. Whether they tell with words, with music, with visual arts, multimedia - whatever the style, great storytellers bind societies and cultures. And, sadly, all too often, the power of story has been lost in today's results-obsessed corporate climate.
I like the metaphor of "story" as a way to view life. Because in my mind, if you accept that your life, your career and everything that happens in them is your story, it forces accountability. By accepting the it you accept that you are authoring your story, you are the central character in your story, and you are in control. And, most important, you control the personality and style of you, the central character. In other words, you are accountable for yourself.
Accountability is the cornerstone of leadership. You are either accountible for what you do or you are not.
The act of denying their accountibility, in my mind, marks their leadership.
By denying accountibility, they deny the core of their leadership. And for their denial they deserve whatever the people around them throw at them.
If you are going to take the mantle of leadership, and the perks that go with it, take the accountibility as well. If you are not prepared to do that, don't take it up and ruin other people's careers.
I like the metaphor of "story" as a way to view life. Because in my mind, if you accept that your life, your career and everything that happens in them is your story, it forces accountability. By accepting the it you accept that you are authoring your story, you are the central character in your story, and you are in control. And, most important, you control the personality and style of you, the central character. In other words, you are accountable for yourself.
Accountability is the cornerstone of leadership. You are either accountible for what you do or you are not.
The act of denying their accountibility, in my mind, marks their leadership.
By denying accountibility, they deny the core of their leadership. And for their denial they deserve whatever the people around them throw at them.
If you are going to take the mantle of leadership, and the perks that go with it, take the accountibility as well. If you are not prepared to do that, don't take it up and ruin other people's careers.
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