Leadership Is Not Power

A real leader lets their actions lead.

A real leader puts in the effort to learn a much as possible in order to be able to make an informed decision.

A real leader knows when expertise is needed, and where they need to listen to both the information from experts and their own values.

A real leader knows that hands on experience beats that person you trust with a book they bought.

A real leader finds a solution, and works on it until other people notice and join in.

A real leader rises on the merits of their abilities.

A real leader understands that shortcuts are always available, but they bypass learning the skills they’ll need to depend on.

“Book: The Wisdom Of Confucius” by John Drake is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.

Leadership is being worth following.

Power can be seized by the unjust.

Injustice expects obedience, and believe that their ideas will succeed because everyone will obey them. Bad ideas applied by force are disasters.