The definition of leadership is a person who guides or directs a group. The definition of a leader is "a person who influences a group of people towards the achievement of a goal". As you can see by these definitions, this explains the "what" but not the "how". The next segments in this blog series is to provide insights regarding the "how". This is not an all inclusive list. It is meant to encourage you to increase the tools in your leadership tool box while exciting you to learn more.
This first post is about a key aspect of leadership - TRUST. It is a well known saying that TRUST is not given, it is earned. The key to earning TRUST is INTEGRITY. INTEGRITY is defined as adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty. In my experience, integrity is part of who you are; a foundation. People want to know what their leaders stand for and that they are consistent and unwavering. Before you ever lead people, you have to make sure you know what you stand for; what is the definition of your integrity. Integrity is something you own. As a leader, you may be put in a position that requires you to make a difficult decision. The team you are leading will need to know that you will make your decision based on your INTEGRITY. A classic mistake that leaders make is when they do not make an integrity bound decision, they have just given their integrity away - and all TRUST is lost as a leader. Once this happens, it is very rarely regained.
Stay tuned for next blog to learn more about the "how".
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