Leadership

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
-John Quincy Adams

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Love and Leadership

Once again I am going to streamline things and incorporate my question for chapter five in with my favorite quote...

"A leader in sports, business or any other field of endeavor should possess and provide the same qualities inherant in a good parent: character, consistency, dependability, accountability, knowledge, good judgement, selflessness, respect, courage, discipline, fairness, and structure. And while all these will make you a good leader they will not make you a great leader. For that, one additional quality - perhaps the most important of all - is necessary... I believe you must have love in your heart for those under your leadership." (p 80)

Ok, so my question is this: Do you agree with this statement (that love is the most important quality)? If yes, why? If no, then what do you think is the most important and why??

Personally I think that love is very important, but I also think that love without discipline, or love without selflessness, or love without character, or love without any number of the other qualities is pointless and hypocritical. So, I guess in a way I'd agree that Love is the most important because if you genuinely love those under your leadership you'll want what'sbest for them and all those other qualities will take care of themselves.... What do you think??
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