Without missing words,
character is the most known powerful force a leader can acquire because bit
preserve his life, his leadership role, and his legacy, which manifest his real
worth and determines who he will eventually become.
Character Preserves A Leader Inner Life-;
A leader integrity can be fully establish with a character and also aids the
growth of a leader’s personal ethics and values. Possessing character will not
guarantee any leader not to experience difficulties and setbacks in life,
certainly all leader experiences such.
To accomplish a long term personal & professional success,
possessing a good character is indispensable.
Character Extends The Longevity Of A Leader-;
Leaders don’t have a right to be followed. When a leader refuses to adhere to
moral standards, he will certainly forfeit the opportunity to use his talents
in the service of the followers who gave it. The privileges assigned to a
leader are one which a leader must preserve through his/her character and trust
attached. Restoring faith in leadership and authority can only be achieved by
the power of a genuine character.
“A leader personality
can open doors, but only a good character can keep the doors open (Elmer G.
Leterman).” It is only a good character
that fuels a leadership role. Your gift only validates your character. So when
you don’t maintain your character, your gift loses the ethical power that
repels it.
As a leader, never
expect your success to carry you through life. Your success should be carried
along by your character. Truly, the best way to protect what you desire to
accomplish as a leader and what you have already accomplished, is to develop
and maintain strong personal character.
Character Protects A Leader Legacy & Cause-;
When the longevity of a leader is cut short by character deficiency, such
leader will be unable to leave a legacy that he was meant to give to his
generation. He has no other option but to forfeit his vision or his own
participation in that vision. A leader values are personal but they are never private.
Just one questionable act of a leader is enough to erase all good contribution
he/she may have done.
A professor at Colombia
Business School, Hitendra Wadwa, gave a good description that made “Martin
Luther ing Jr”, a great leader. It was his ability to maintain his anger at the
injustice and assault that were constantly thrown at him and converting the
anger into a constructive purpose. The professor later concluded that: “only by
taming his own anger did king earn the right to become a messenger of peaceful
struggle to the people of the nation.
When we intentionally
build our character, we strengthen our futilities, control our vices and
prepare ourselves to fulfill our personal leadership role.
Good Character Enables a Leader from Hurting Those Around Him-;
when a leader fails or falls, there is every possibilities that his fall can
deeply hurt those around him or others who have placed their trust in him. It
can also go as far as destroying his life, the lives of his victims, the entire
families of his victims, his own immediate family members and members of his
associate’s family.
The best way to remain
focus to your vision and persevere in the midst of the un-avoidable stress,
critism, attacks, assault, temptation ad limitation that come with leadership
role is to develop a good personal character. And the surest way to be a
blessing to your generation is to preserve character.
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