Why Some Leaders CLIMB To The Top?

Have you ever, wondered, why some individuals, who, are either, elected, selected, or ascend to positions of leadership, excel, and CLIMB to the top, while others, seem to be satisfied, with producing the same - old, same - old, tired ways, for a variety of reasons. While true leaders, consistently, expand the self - imposed, limitations of their comfort zone, lesser - ones, seem to be afraid, of rocking - the - boat, in order to bring about, significant, necessary changes, for the better! With that in mind, this article will attempt to consider, examine, review, and discuss, using the mnemonic approach, what this means and represents, and why, it's such an important aspect of meaningful leadership.

1. Character; clarity; cooperate; coordinate: There's no substitute for one's essential quality of character! You can try to lie about it, but, it's what one does, and stands for, as well as his genuine integrity, which makes the greatest difference! A real leader must possess and articulate a message, with the utmost degree of clarity! Instead of polarising, and dividing, it's important to stress, cooperating, for the greater good! Judge a leader, by whether, or not, he is ready, willing and able, to effectively, coordinate everyone's actions, and activities, for the common good!

2. Listen; learn; leading: No one has all the answers, so a real leader, must effectively, listen, and learn, from every conversation, and experience! The essence of quality leading, is, making a change, for the better!

3. Issues; integrity; imagination; ideas; ideals; innovate; insights: Clearly know, and understand, the issues, and obstacles, which are most relevant to the specific group! A real leader maintains absolute, genuine integrity, even when presented, with a path, of least resistance! He has a well - developed, imagination, and aligns his ideals, with his group! He possesses the insights, which lead to, innovation, and the types of ideas, which make his group, stronger!

4. Make mark; motivate; message; manage: How one makes his mark, for the better, determines the difference, between a real leader, and the rest - of - the - pack! Great leaders articulate an inspiring, motivating message, combined with the ability to manage all the necessary details!

5. Better/ best; beliefs; benefits; bring it: How will you make the group better, and will you always, deliver results, by demanding your personal best? How do your beliefs, align with those of your group, and constituents? Will you bring about benefits, which inspire and motivate others, to try, to become, more involved, and committed?

If you want to be a leader, will you want to CLIMB to the top? Are you up to the task?

Richard has owned businesses, been a COO, CEO, Director of Development, consultant, professionally run events, consulted to thousands of leaders, and conducted personal development seminars, for 4 decades. Rich has written three books and thousands of articles. 

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