‘The evil leader is he who men fear. The good leader is he who is revered. The great leader leader is he who the men say ‘We did it ourselves!’’ ~ A 2,000-year-old saying.
When do you rise to the fore? When do you emerge as a leader?
If people do not regard you as a leader, then how do you proceed? If your team of followers expects you to be present, and represent yourself then your relative absence becomes noticeable. What an irony! To be noticed, when you are not around.
As Seth Godin suggested, to initiate change we will need a tribe that rallies itself behind a common cause, and communicates this cause throughout. Your effectiveness, and subsequent success, as a leader will be dependent on your availability. That is what personal branding is about: make yourself available, accessible, attractive and amiable. Few people appreciate those who incite fear and discord within a team, or community.
Lead with your head, and heart.
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