March 23, 2009

Heroic Leadership

Recent events in my personal life have caused me to become keenly aware of what true leadership is all about. Leadership is such a mixture of vision, character, integrity, motivation, and management. It requires that we engage ourselves completely—from our intellect to our compassion. If we are to truly and effectively lead it will cost us many times more than we are readily willing to spend of ourselves.

But to become a quality leader we will press through and engage ourselves totally—mind, body, and spirit. We will willingly expend whatever it requires to insure that those we lead will become empowered, motivated, inspired, equipped, determined, compassionate, Godly, and full of integrity and high character. We must not only teach and instruct those we lead, but we MUST model the discipline of those teachings in front of those we lead so that they may see and understand that leadership is best lived out integrated in our lives without compromise!

That is why I have come to the realization that real leadership—the leadership that can be referred to as HEROIC LEADERSHIP—must always begin in our homes with our families. You see, if we can’t lead our own spouse and children effectively, we will most certainly be as lost as a ball in high weeds when it comes to leading those we work with and fellowship with outside of our homes.

Come on, you can do it. Get in the game, call the next play, and lead heroically. If you don’t, WHO WILL!?

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