QBQ 37 - Act Like One!

I once heard a saying from one of my favorite movie series – Game of Thrones; ‘ANY MAN WHO MUST SAY ‘I AM THE KING’ IS NO TRUE KING. This glorious phrase was said by Tywin Lannister the patriarch of the most powerful family in the Seven Kingdoms. And it is a great lesson on the meaning of leadership. The best leaders are followed by collective will, not because the say ‘I’m the boss’ or ‘I’m in charge here.’ If you are a leader, act like one. Earn people’s respect by working for them; leadership is service, leadership is sacrifice. Leadership isn’t bestowed, it is earned. The influence and power you obtain will only be effective if it’s been earned and is based on mutual respect. So for those of us in such positions, please ask yourself, if your followers were to make choice, would they still choose you?