Originally Published in Tumblr 2011
I don’t really know why, but I am back to blogging again and my topics are all based on this thing called leadership, for the moment.
We are put here for so many reasons. Some have gifts in athletics, others in music, more in service and some in parenthood. Each of those things demands a certain level of excellence and even competition. But a truly gifted person finds a way to teach others to aspire to greatness, beyond their wildest dreams.
The comparison most used is that of a parent. A mother nurtures a daughter to be a better mother than she was, and a son to be the man that she would hope finds that daughter. A father does the same thing for his son, teaching him to be a man better than he was and leads his daughter to know the traits found in that very same man.
In our businesses and institutions, it is simply our purpose as leaders to develop leaders. The qualities and strengths of those future leaders should if at all possible, be greater than any of our own. When we choose that pathway we almost guarantee our success.
If we don’t, then we are likely to experience the topic in my next post.