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Leaders diligently strive to walk in the “way of the warrior”, while their humility
prevents them are thinking they’re perfect by any arrogant stretch of their imagination.
Sometimes they may falter, but always they are trying to rise above and strengthen their
skills. Their leadership ability shines upon others, as they focus on inner maturity, as
opposed to external deterministic excuses. To them, causality and subsequent effects are
driven at the hands of the leader. Ideation is from within, as free will stimulates the
consciousness to action of a proactive nature. Competent leaders must be a woman or
man of his or her word. A “written contract” for getting things done should not be
needed. Others must be able to trust what he or she says and relies on his or her
commitment to do the right thing at the right time.
Leaders must be cautious of hypocrisy, deception and foolish notions that concocted
fallacies for subjective validation. They must be credible in both word and deed and they
must be authentic. As a leader, you do what is correct because it is true, regardless of
what other may say or do, or what might be politically expedient. Uh huh, sure, wishful
thinking, especially when a promotion is on the line, right? None the less, your actions
are not based on appearance, symbolism over substance, or any other notion. What you
do is done not for the sake of personal gain or honor, but because you are in service to the
greater cause of excellence in leadership and service.
In what might be called the Judeo-Christian tradition, one might be mindful of the
example of the biblical portrayal of the centurion. A warrior of great authority and
power, the centurion acknowledged the authority of a higher morality, and was
recognized for his "great faith". The centurion expressed humility in spite of his power
and ability to carry out extreme measures against others. It is a picture of a warrior
submitting himself to the greater cosmic spectrum in humility and devotion.
To be an effective leader, the choice of such a state of being, is far different from the
worldly notions of fixated self-satiations for success, power, political influence and
materialistic gainfulness. Differentiated leadership is one in which the woman or the man
of such character gazes upon the social landscape. In so doing, he or she asserts one does
not need the things valued by so highly by the abjectness of gluttonous materiality.
Spartan simplicity suffices the essence of self-evolution.
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The authentic leader must have confidence and competence to guide others along the
right paths within the organization, even when they resist. Leaders must accept their
calling to lead, and then do it by virtue of their special talents and psychological gifts.
She or he must consider the delicate balance of human forces at play around him or her.
If you’re different and independent minded, then there will be opposition. And, that is a
narrow gate by which you enter. Such boldness of command requires you take charge and
work diligently in the capacity for which you have been chosen.
We are all on the mission field of some endeavor in some walk of life. Wherever we
are in our journey, we must be leaders in whatsoever we do. Leadership is an expression
of a vision that people will be willing to follow. It is a challenging fine line upon which
they are being led. You will be exposed to criticism, deception, and backstabbing all the
way. You must be vigilant but not vindictive, corrective but not vengeful. The objective
is to accomplish the mission. To which, leaders must guide others on this common
purpose by the quality of the standards they have set.
Thus, once again, the basis of which is the necessity for an effective leader to be
willing to demonstrate behavior by exemplary conduct. Although far from perfect, the
leader endeavors to be impeccable in his or her conduct and treatment of others. No
matter what their status in the organization or lives outside the operations, everyone is
treated with dignity and respectful empathy. However, there will be times, when you
must simply walk away from the divisiveness and negativity others create around you.
There’s no requirement you subject yourself to the foolish, the stupid or the hateful
manifestations of human devolution in devolving self-gratifications.
By contrast, you must endeavor to exercise effective leadership, by demonstrating the
capacity of well-reasoned proficiency. By going first, the leader will not ask those who
follow to do anything he or she would not do. Leaders readily accept and acknowledge
the challenge of leadership, and know they must work hard to develop their abilities.
Leadership in a metaphorical sense is a "warrior-hood". As in the Code of Bushido, for
example, the adherent understands the affinity between being a warrior and being a
skilled leader. For the leader-warrior construct there is by correlation with the "bushido”
carried out within the organizational framework. In its uncomplicated straightforward
precepts, this means "military-knight-ways" for the discipline of duty.
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