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7 ~ ot sotne teason, when we think heen aslted a ouestton by one ui hts
, of leadets, we otten dunk of adult leadets abnul the meantng of
_ ‘t, hold, eltattstnatte people, who, leadetshtp. He had alteady setved
' , N desptte the odds belng stacked in tnany leadetslttp totes, kind ot the
agatnst tltetn, untte people undet thetn quietly etteettve type, wtth a sttong
t and show them tlte way to a sueeesstul dlazatlex. Hts tesponse was patt of
. - ‘ outeotne. wlttle leadetshtp ean and my educatlon on the sub]e:l. ln his
otten simply tetets to those in some tesponse, he teeogntzed tltat desptte
' posttton of powet ot authonty tn an the fan that his tote as an offltlal leadet
' org2m|zariun ot gtoup, we genetally was ovet, ot had at least thanged, the
t lean towatds a desonptton asetttotng othet seouts tn the ttoop sttll louked
" -> .. ttatts and attnhutes to the tettn we to httn when a deoston was made by
01 .- ‘ _ . .
.00 .,, _ Ihmk ot someone othtgh tntegnty and hts sueeessot Hts tesponse eonnnued
_,. 'a,l‘~‘=y honesty, a good communicator that wttlt the oltsetvatton that sometttnes the
; > . I/.. 4 , tnspttes o ets. way to he a good leadet is to he a good
3 2 ‘ mm“! am mm mm one 12“ th tollowet. And thus, when they looked
a ‘fr '1; -' ’ * E V at htm, he showed ltts support tot the
t . t. l . a eonvetsatton wtth out oldest son wlto H i 1 1 d h
, .. w ‘W7 v 0 ,t was acltvely seekmg the rank or Eagle ° "“’ ° ‘"3 “"‘” °" 2‘ ‘“‘ ‘ “°°P' "
,_ , -gV;v' ¢ . L}. B S M W “(Ed move which aohteved the destted tesult
o _ ,. _. t tn e oy eoutso tnettea. eta d V d h V
\ _ __ t- a ‘Whom lmmmp Wm “WM an hempovterz t e seout now setvtng
-t__ "‘vvv'~"". [N . * Y. ' Y " in t at eapaetty. He was absolutely
gfggflglfgfgr *3 ghwnjjifizjlgfjnjgd correct in thts and t nevet totgot tt.
»- ., _ , . — ‘, ‘ him, I thought to tnyselt that tt was a lot In today's wotld, as we spend a gteat
' ‘ to heap on a young man, one who was deal of tttne tn out eompantes Wnrklng
. not even of age to statt dttvtng ot vote on leadetshtp ttatntng and leadetshtp
development what ts tt that we teally
- when we see a leadet, we ean usually 7 ' _ . 7
3 mmgmm ‘hm as Sud‘ But to W expect. no v. e ttuly undetstand tt.
wltat ttuly eottstttutes leadetshtpz
der-tne outselves tn that mold, to butld AWN“ mm H ‘M gm mm! *2 ‘D
outselves tnto one, even tr we ate mg *1“ ii H h’ H“ mm to Exams“
'“““Y °“°“$1‘ “’ l‘‘“’‘ “W ““"“’““" all 1:»/cls of tn ot '|:iz'|l|un to find
pttvtlegeol enough to possess the ttatts, I ‘ E‘ ‘ .
leadets and to see what has made
““ P‘°‘°’° P’°’°"" “ “‘“"“" ‘"“" thetn so cood leadets undetstand
Yet most of us want to he a leadet ot at the ummm ml and Wm fag“. an
‘°“"‘ P"‘°“°“‘ “’ “"3" N“ °“ ‘”'““‘° attatntn dntlzwithtn the attmetets
‘y to think ot themselves taetng ltehtnd 5 ‘ P ‘ . *
\ 1 that they ate gtven And ettlttvanng
the lead dog whete the vtew nevet _ _
tdeas ttotn good tollowets ptovtdes
‘ ."' °“"“E“" “ '“'“" "mg ‘Ed °’ "“‘ °‘ ”‘° an excellent tnstght lt ean be too easy
:— . ~ ‘ 7‘ 1, many ways tn whteh belng a followex ’ _ ’
;_-_;- ;, iscllaractzfizedLhanallmcllve, ;;;j;";;j;:§,;§;§;;*;§;;:;*;:;3;
V , _ s. _ less valuable.
, — _ oeents ts thete lteeause of someone who
7‘. ' Attet one lengthy dtseusston, out appeats to he tn the shadows .
son wtote down some notes. He had
77 '7 Ml tyttltuottttyt.~ttmntstttuwesttlnhtytrttcttttytt ty.~:sch,tt.e a/tn
Zlvvknvg Hmrful not W/H1 ts l4tm'<
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