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Leading with meaning, serving with purpose

Leadership is a choice, not an appointment - we earn the right to be called a leader by our actions, not by our status

©  Andrew  Porter  2010  –  All  rights  reserved  

Leading is a privilege and a burden. It carries a moral imperative to serve along with the responsibility to lead. We need the courage to hold firm to our beliefs and to live our lives in a manner that engenders the trust of those whom we lead.

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As leaders, we have a duty to be honest and name the realities and the challenges that we face - there is no place for leaders who provide obscuration rather than enlightenment. We earn the right to be trusted by the actions we take.

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Our role is to help realise the organisational purpose. We have no right to collude with actions that we believe may compromise the long-term sustainability of the business or bring harm to those that we serve.

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Our role is to act as stewards for the future and counter our increasing urge for immediate gratification and short termism. Any strategic vision that does not embrace a sense of duty and stewardship by those who lead is fundamentally flawed.

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©  Andrew  Porter  2010  –  All  rights  reserved  

A Aware of themselves and others D Dares to take a stand and … V give Voice to their feelings then .. O creates Options for themselves and others C Commit themselves to deliver and .. A takes and initiates Action T tells the Truth and … E Ensures a lasting legacy