PosBlog

Exercise the Opportunities of Leadership, It Can Be a Great Experience

New Audio Version of this Article! ==> 

 Exercise the Opportunities of Leadership, It Can Be a Great Experience

There are many opportunities for a leader to acknowledge the needs of their team and the need of their employer. While many leaders are well intentioned in their efforts, they are following the managing exercises of those leaders that introduced leadership to them under circumstances that either no longer exists or are out of date with the changes of society and the employer’s needs.

Many leaders fall into the regretful trap that I call, “Arriving”. Arriving is a leaders acknowledgement of his or her new title and authority, but not their actual responsibilities. In many cases this may not be the leaders intention . It may actually be the only example that a leader has ever been shown by the leaders of their past, therefore the belief exists that the actions are an appropriate choice. It is important to remember that a leader can only lead to the extent of their own experiences and education.

Though remembering and understanding the past is needed in leadership. The past does not dictate present needs. Leadership has never been, nor ever will be a responsibility that depends upon what a leader once knew or used to do. It is a real time responsibility that requires a leaders skills to remain as fresh and sharp as the workplace tasks that present themselves on a daily basis. While your employer may offer education. Leadership skills should never be limited to the education provided by an employer. This education alone serves the initial goals and intentions of the employer, but does not sharpen the skills of the leader to the extent needed for a leader to achieve his or her highest potential.

In leadership your ultimate responsibility is to support and encourage your employers goals through utilizing both those tools that have been provided by your employer and the education and experiences influenced by your own efforts and actions. Education and application are close relatives in the exercise of leadership. Neither of these contributing relatives can achieve their highest level of success without the application of the other. When a leader accumulates education with the intention of sharing, the leader opens the door for everyone to experience mutual based opportunities.

John Quincy Adams was once quoted as saying,”If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader”. In this quote you will find leadership responsibilities at a level that embraces lessons filled with new ideas and a need to seek creative approaches to learning. While sharing these acquired lessons with your teammates and peers you will encounter one of leaderships greatest reward, the reward of helping others achieve their goals. After all leadership starts with giving, not receiving. While this quote inspires big actions to achieve big results, it can be a favorable goal for a committed leader and a great experience for the leader’s teammates and peers.

How do you intend to exercise the opportunities in leadership?     I’d like to know…..

========================================================================

 Great News……..The Positive Share Newsletter is now available on our website.  Enjoy a free copy of the Positive Share Personal & Accountability Development Series’s eBook  “Father Not Present” when you sign up for our free newsletter.  Please see  the banner on the right to receive your free ebook. If the banner does not appear you may visit our website at www.positiveshare.com to receive your free ebook.

 ========================================================================