27July2010
Does Leadership Mean Sacrificing?
A while back Colin Powell wrote a nice piece about leadership. In it, he included a list of certain “rights” that leaders give up when they take on a leadership position. You may or may not agree with Powell’s list, but I believe a review of it from time-to-time is healthy.
Once you become a leader, you give up certain rights:
- The right to lose your temper.
- The right to be "one of the crowd."
- The right to shut the door.
- The right to bring problems to work.
- The right to speak freely.
- The right to be against change.
- The right to pass the buck.
- The right to get even.
- The right to choose favorites.
- The right to think of yourself first.
- The right to ask a staff member to do something you would not do.
- The right to expect immediate reward for your work.
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