Leadership excellence is a state of being that takes time to develop. Leadership excellence can, however, be developed more quickly when one understands the values and characteristics of great leaders. Great leaders have many great attributes.
Leadership Excellence in Action
Several years ago, I had a leader in Boy Scouts that taught me what it means to obtain leadership excellence. He worked as a physician’s assistant and was very busy at times, but he always made himself available to me and other boys in our scout troop. In his leadership he showed vision, charisma, innovation, honesty, accountability, integrity, compassion, honor, trust, boldness, confidence, work ethic, and many other great leadership traits. At each activity, he required that we live up to the standards that he lived by and those that were taught in boy scouts. Because I was young, this had a great impression on me. I learned a lot from him. He gave me confidence that it was possible to be the person that we were taught to be by how he embodied leadership excellence. [Read more…] about Developing Leadership Excellence