Leadership

Leadership is all about being granted permission by others to lead their thinking. It is a bestowed moral authority that gives the right to organize and direct the efforts of others. But moral authority does not come from simply managing people effectively or communicating better or being able to motivate. It comes from many sources , including being authentic and genuine, having integrity and showing a real and deep understanding of the business in question. All these factors build confidence.Leaders lose moral authority for three reasons: they behave unethically ; they become plagued by self-doubt and lose their conviction, or they are blinded by power, lose self-awareness and thus lose connection with those they lead as the context around them changes. Having said all this, it has to be assumed that if someone becomes a leader, at some point they understood the difference between right and wrong it is up to them to abide by a moral code and up to us to ensure that the moment we suspect they do not, we fire them or vote them out.