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Author: Reuben Egolf
Quality of Leadership vs Quality of System
If you had to choose: would you prefer a good driver with a bad car, or a good car with a bad driver? A good leader in a bad system, or a good system with a bad leader? The good driver can keep a bad car from being dangerous to others, while a bad driver … Continue reading Quality of Leadership vs Quality of System
Basic Principles for Leadership that Produces Optimum Results
Lead by not pushing downward but by pulling up. Motivate by example. If you expect citizens to work hard – work harder as a leader.
Decisiveness – The Product of Values, Conviction, and Clear Vision.
Decisiveness is a necessary quality of a leader. Leadership's purpose is to be able to make decisions and lead with conviction and resolve. A decisive person is one who does not fill their sails with the wind of popular opinion, but rather are driven by personal conviction and resolve. When a leader is clear about their … Continue reading Decisiveness – The Product of Values, Conviction, and Clear Vision.
The Power of Self-Governing in Leadership
Vision inspires but discipline will get you there. Another word for discipline is self-governing which is the ability to control or rule over oneself. If I govern myself, I will be able to lead others. If I don't self-govern then I will control people instead of leading people. Personal governance has the uncanny ability … Continue reading The Power of Self-Governing in Leadership
Principled Centered Leadership – the Container for Successful Policy
The quality of individuals, not policies, is the starting point for a vision to become a reality.
Avoiding the Conflict of Moral Interests = Leaders Must Choose their Principles on the Issues – Not Choosing Sides.
Leadership should not choose sides but always choose principle. When we choose sides, we are giving a subtle endorsement to everything that party or side stands for. Unfortunately, we may later find out that we endorse principles which that side agrees with that is in violation of our own beliefs.
Placing Human Rights Above the Opinions, Religion, and Creeds of All
Every time a human life dies prematurely, so does their contribution to society. Who knows how many vaccines, medical breakthroughs, technological advances, and solutions in every form have been aborted by those who assumed the role of judge and God determining who lived or died.
Reuben Egolf – The Value of Relationships in Leadership
The topic of "leadership" is approached from every angle imaginable it seems. However, there is one part of leadership I rarely hear spoke about and it is the subject concerning the importance of relationships to leadership. Normally we speak about the organizational side, or how to improve our communication skills, but our relationships will … Continue reading Reuben Egolf – The Value of Relationships in Leadership
Reuben Egolf Speaking on Being Effective as a Leader in Transitioning From One Year to the Next
One thing that stands out about remaining an effective leader is permitting experiences and advisers to illuminate our mistakes, and we not making excuses to cover them. Naked confrontation with the truth produces the "how" do we do better and improve.
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