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| John Heider |
Who Teaches Leaders To Be Leaders?
They practiced meditation. Meditation made them good at seeing
how things happen. Meditation grounded them in the infinite.
That is why they sometimes appeared deep and inscrutable,
sometimes even great.
Their leadership did not rest on technique or on theatrics, but on silence and on their ability to pay attention. They moved with grace and awareness, and they were able to negotiate complex situations safely. They were considerate. They did no injury. They were courteous and quiet, like guests. They knew how to yield gracefully and how to be natural and inconspicuous. They were as open and receptive and available as the valleys that lie among the hills. They could clarify events for others, because they had done it for themselves. They could speak to the depths of another person, because they had known their own deeper conflicts and blocks. Because they had given up selfishness, they could enhance others. They were not trying to become enlightened, because they were enlightened. |
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| Paul W. Anderson, Ph.D. |
"Servant Leader" Has To Do With Success, Not Religion.
We lead as we were lead. From what I can see, many of today’s
corporate and public leaders followed the wrong kind of leaders.
If a young manager watches and even gets mentored by the average
business person in upper management, what do they learn to do
when they become a leader? Expect 10 to 50 times as much in
compensation as the average worker they lead? Display arrogant
buck passing and blaming of others lower in rank? Take more than
they give because they think they “have earned it?”
Perhaps this sounds critical. It is intended to remind leaders that when our young people attain leadership positions, they will be inclined to perpetuate leadership patterns that continue to demoralize work forces and rob their followers of personal integrity, that is unless they are shown otherwise. Although it has religions undertones, “servant leader” is a pretty good alternative leadership style. In older Asian cultures, the leader was thought of as one who knew and used three pieces of information:
Wise Asian people such as Lao Tzu did not call themselves religious but they advocated:
Leadership positions call for the practical application of these principles and in so doing some will say the leader has become “servant” to those he or she leads. The hope is people who follow you, wise servant leader, will eventually lead as they were lead. If you are a wise leader, your followers are those served. They are also learners of your example. |
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