Are you a trusted leader?
Curtis Swisher, a friend of
mine, posted “10 Traits of a Trustworthy Leader” https://t.co/6Ca286ueDA This
is an abbreviated version of that post.
Trust: Trust
is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in
people. – Stephen R. Covey | People buy into the leader before they buy
into the vision. - John Maxwell
1. Character: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose
and the character, which inspires confidence. - General Bernard Montgomery
2. Competence: In periods where there is no
leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful
leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. - Harry S
Truman
3. Credibility: If you lose your credibility,
you might as well leave. – Jack Rhymes
4. Clarity: Great leaders are almost always great
simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a
solution everybody can understand. - General Colin Powel
5. Candor:
A trustworthy leader speaks the truth directly and authentically.
6. Consideration: The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind,
but not weak—Jim Rohn | Outstanding
leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing
what they can accomplish. —Sam Walton
7. Connection: If your actions inspire
others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. -
John Quincy Adams
8. Collaborative: Trustworthy leaders
collaborate well with others. No man
will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the
credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie
9. Conviction: In matters of style, swim with
the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. - Thomas
Jefferson
10. Courage:
All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the
willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in
their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. - John
Kenneth Galbraith
Summary:
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough
decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set
out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the
integrity of his intent. – General Douglas MacArthur
1 Samuel 18:5 (MSG) Whatever Saul gave David to do, he did it—and did it
well. So well that Saul put him in
charge of his military operations. Everybody, both the people in general and
Saul’s servants, approved of and admired David’s leadership.
