{"id":3073,"date":"2011-11-11T10:07:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T23:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2012-04-15T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T05:06:17","slug":"being-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/11\/being-a-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night at cubs, I spoke to the pack council ( a group of older cubs given the responsibility of leading groups of their peers) about leadership.<\/p>\n

\"Leadership<\/a>

Leadership skills<\/p><\/div>\n

Asked ‘what is a leader?’, their answers included:<\/p>\n

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  1. someone who sets a good example<\/li>\n
  2. someone willing (and able) to help others<\/li>\n
  3. someone who does jobs to get things done for the group<\/li>\n
  4. someone who doesn’t have to be at the front<\/a> or look like they’re the leader<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In a coincidence of timing, I just read a summary from the current ASFA National Conference* and noted two prominent speakers discussed leadership.<\/p>\n

    Alexander Downer<\/a> is quoted as saying that consultation is important but “leaders had to have courage…[and] implement their plan.”<\/p>\n

    General Peter Cosgrove<\/a> followed on with “sometimes you\u00a0can opt-in, sometimes you can opt-out,\u00a0but sometimes leading is unavoidable…Leaders were able to continue to lead even in times of turmoil.” The summary also states General Cosgrove ‘pointed to the importance of\u00a0professionals to lead saying that no\u00a0matter how daunting and overwhelming,\u00a0professionals had to ask the rhetorical\u00a0question \u201cif not you to show leadership,\u00a0then who?.. You are in position, you can\u2019t\u00a0avoid responsibility.\u201d’<\/p>\n

    That’s leadership from the young and publicly experienced – what do you think leadership is? Is leadership a role or behaviour? Are you the leader in your business?<\/p>\n

    * ASFA is the\u00a0<\/span>Association of\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Superannuation Funds of Australia\u00a0and they run an annual conference for leaders in the. super industry<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Last night at cubs, I spoke to the pack council ( a group of older cubs given the responsibility of leading groups of their peers) about leadership. Asked ‘what is a leader?’, their answers included: someone who sets a good example someone willing (and able) to help others someone who does jobs to get things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,53],"tags":[1378,1379,112,1380],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bit-off-track","category-business-info-tools","tag-courage","tag-get-things-done","tag-leader","tag-responsibility"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t