Global Leadership and Building Leadership

Global Leadership and Building Leadership

Global Leadership & Building Leadership

Thank you for giving me this chance to share my thoughts on what I value, believe, and think about leadership. I believe I have an obligation to repay the community for the opportunities I have received. I believe that I have a duty to avoid wronging others, treat people as equals, and promote the good of others. I think one should treat people as an end and not as a means to an end. As human beings we all have a responsibility to keep our promises, compensate others when we harm them, thank those who help us, recognize and acknowledge the value of others, improve the conditions of others, improve our virtue and intelligence, and not to injure others.

Businessman and author Ken Blanchard says, "The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority." I think in order to be an effective leader one must truly care about people. Successful initiatives depend on the efforts of the leader's people; therefore a leader must empower, inspire, enable, encourage, and support subordinates. A leader must communicate the organization's goals, vision's, priorities and strategies in order to gain maximum commitment to organizational success. Leadership involves embracing and instilling a positive attitude. A leader is proactive, not afraid of making mistakes, and when one is made, they learn from it and move on. Effective leaders strive to spend more time preventing problems and less time solving them. An organization is most effective when everyone has a sense ownership and a stake in the success of the organization. There is power in group intelligence. I would hope that the people I work with will know I value their opinions and input on all matters. The smarter and more skilled one member of the organization becomes the better the organization as a whole. I have been lucky to have been exposed to excellent role models and mentors and given many opportunities to begin developing the skills necessary to be an effective leader. I believe in the long run the role of a leader is not to create followers, but to create new leaders.