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Family Tradition Leadership is the key to all Human Effort involving more than one person. We understand we are Leaders of ourselves and everyone with whom we come in contact. Our attitudes and ideas can only make a difference if we are able to influence the actions of another person through Leadership. We must ensure that the ideas and attitudes we project to our Family, Friends and Neighbors are truly the ones we want to be remembered by; for life is short but memories are long. The World has long looked to The United States for Leadership in Politics, Industry and Freedom of the Individual. Background Leadership is the mechanism that moves more than one person in the same direction for the same "Cause". The World looks to the United States to provide Leadership in World Affairs. Leadership is at work in our homes, neighborhoods, workplaces and everywhere we find more than one person in contact with another. First let us look up the word Lead; from Merriam-Webster: Now let us look at the word Leader: Leadership is a subject frequently discussed but very hard to describe or prescribe. The ability of one human being to influence another is more of an "art" than a "science". People choose to either follow another or follow themselves in everything they do. The attitudes and behaviors taught at home by parents in the end become those things passed to children through the Leadership Role of Parents over Children. Parents are the people who generally offer the most lasting leadership influence to their children. These attitudes and behaviors become the instinctive internal "Code" that a man or woman uses to Lead themselves. Further Study All Great Lasting Leaders have certain Characteristics in
common: In general there are many Leadership "Styles". This is where many people become confused in the execution of Leadership. Many people equate Leadership Style to Leadership itself. We may copy "The John Wayne" style for instance but really not have a clear Vision of where we are headed or a strong Resolve to do so. We may fail to motivate people to action through lack of effective communication and believe that all we must do is act like "John Wayne" in action. All Leadership Styles are based around the personality of the Leader. This comes into play in Step 6 above: Leaders know how to influence others into action. Without the other Steps, the real work of Leadership is left undone. In the end we all must do the homework required by all of the steps and then use our personality in adopting a style that will effectively influence others to action. Through our personality, we communicate our Passion, Vision and Know How to Motivate others to Action. Copying another person's Leadership "Style" that does not fit our personality will not work. We will just not be able to motivate people into action pretending to be someone we are not. The "John Wayne" Style of Leadership is so respected because The Actor demonstrated all of the above 7 Characteristics along with using his personality to put his "Style" into the Leadership effort. Additional Links There are many resources on the Internet; some are provided below: Center for
Creative Leadership
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