Leadership Can Be

Care

Example

Guiding

Leading

Service

A choice

Coaching

Guidance

Humility

Pilotage

Piloting

Steering

Captaincy

Character

Direction

Influence

Conducting

Government

Initiative

Navigation

Overseeing

Captainship

Inspiration

Not bossing

Servanthood

Shepherding

Stewardship

Supervision

Coordination

Guardianship

Encouragement

Orchestration

A conversation

Building people

Inspiring others

Learning to obey

Solving problems

Pointing the way

Love and service

A duty we fulfill

Commanding wisely

Saying no, not yes

Character in action

Charting the course

Action, not position

Commanding ourselves

More doing than dash

Persisting with hope

Always doing our best

Controlling ourselves

Not being discouraged

Being a good commander

Character and strategy

Doing the right things

Helping others succeed

An achievement of trust

An opportunity to serve

Having people following

Making people feel good

Disposition, not position

A set of skills we can learn

The choice not to do nothing

The intelligent use of power

Managing delivery of a vision

Caring for the most vulnerable

Having the big picture in mind

Showing the way by going first

Trusting and empowering others

Adding value to others everyday

Making others want to follow us

The ability to lift and inspire

Making a positive impact on others

A universal core character strength

Vision and responsibility, not power

Not a trumpet call to self-importance

A matter of how to be, not how to do it

Evoking in others the capacity to dream

Influencing others by changing ourselves

Progress, empowerment, empathy and trust

The willingness to put ourselves at risk

Creating an inspiring vision of the future

Not something we own and keep for ourselves

Influencing others to serve the greater good

The ability to influence and guide followers

Inspiring the power and energy to get it done

The outward expression of our inner character

Unlocking people's potential to become better

Doing the right thing, no matter how hard it is

Courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self

Helping ourselves and others to do the right things

Empowering others to become effective leaders as well

Taking responsibility while others are making excuses

Teaching others to yearn for the vast and endless sea

Motivating and inspiring people to engage with a vision

The ability to inspire others to achieve a certain goal

Showing up and stepping up at a time when others need us

A creative muscle we can strengthen and develop over time

Authentic transformative energy that adds value to others

Much less about what we do, and much more about who we are

A responsibility we are entrusted with for a period of time

Having the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved

Mobilizing others by coalescing people around a shared vision

Not something we do to others, but something we do with others

Not obtained by issuing orders but by conviction and delegation

A process of teaching, setting an example, and empowering others

The bridge of integrity that connects goals, desires, and actions

Ensuring that others have everything they need to achieve missions

Leaving behind us in others the conviction and the will to carry on

Getting others to willingly go someplace they wouldn’t go themselves

Mapping out where we need to go to "win" as a team or an organization

Not confirmed by the position we hold but by the people who follow us

Recognizing and achieving agreement to an exciting and challenging vision

Setting direction, building an inspiring vision, and creating something new

A serving relationship that has the effect of facilitating human development

Being close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them

Inspiring and uniting others behind a common purpose and then being accountable

Seeing the possibilities in a situation while others are seeing the limitations

A skill and a tool we can continually cultivate and use to create lasting change

Creating a way for others to contribute to making something extraordinary happen

Trying, failing, learning. Trying, failing, learning. Trying, failing, learning.

Genuine care for and love for the people we lead more than we love leading itself

Coaching and building a team, so that it is more effective at achieving the vision

Helping others believe in a better tomorrow or a better outcome than we have today

When our actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more

The art of getting someone else to do something we want done because they want to do it

Being practical and a realist, yet talking the language of the visionary and the idealist

Creating and articulating a vision and inspiring others to want to work toward that vision

Searching for ways to not just help ourselves, but to help others and the community at large

Doing what we believe in, painting a picture of the future, going there, and people following

Creating and sustaining positive, lasting change in our life and the lives of the people around us

Learning from our failures as well as our successes, and making it possible for others to do the same

Taking the front line when there is danger, but staying in the back of the room when there is celebration

A combination of legitimacy, personality and management skills that make others want to follow our direction

Figuring out ways to influence the community and culture in such a way that everyone who’s part of it benefits

The ability to drive results, set the vision and share it, create an environment of success, and remove obstacles

Giving others a clear direction, explaining the purpose of the mission and giving them the means to do their jobs

Continually passing on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious

Helping others realize their potential and inspiring them to work with us to achieve a shared vision for the future

Empowering others and helping them grow and build on their strengths while practicing to improve on their blind spots

Maintaining a hopeful attitude, even in the face of discouraging setbacks, constant criticism and abundant opposition

Taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving our subordinates credit for everything that goes well

Setting the direction, and using management skills to guide others to the right destination in a smooth and efficient way

Influencing, inspiring and helping others become their best selves, building their skills and achieving goals along the way

Focusing on both the vision of the future and the possibility and the hard realities of the present and the lessons learned of the past

Not a job, not a role we play at work and then put aside during the commute home in order to relax and enjoy real life, but the leader's real life

Lifting a person's vision to higher sights, raising a person's performance to a higher standard, building a personality beyond its normal limitations

Setting the destination, coming up with a strategy to get to that destination and doing our best to align and supply the resources to make that happen

Thinking strategically, simplifying the strategy so others can understand it and communicating that strategy simply, enthusiastically, and in a caring way

Staying behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind

Not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities; and while no one individual possesses all the needed talents to go into leadership, each of us can develop a combination to make us a leader

Making sound - and sometimes difficult - decisions, creating and articulating a clear vision, establishing achievable goals and providing followers with the knowledge and tools necessary to achieve those goals

The accomplishment of a goal through the direction of human assistants - a human and social achievement that stems from the leader’s understanding of his or her fellow workers and the relationship of their individual goals to the group’s aim