“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person,” – Mother Teresa

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

12 November

Veteran’s Day: Lincoln and the Troops, Final Installment

The takeaway: there’s no great secret to leadership. The principle is simple even if the execution is apparently so difficult that few “leaders” choose to employ it. Become a servant leader just like Lincoln. His example shows two things: servant leadership is always hard and it never fails. Make sure your goal is rock-solid, your gratitude sincere, your follow-through consistent. Make sure you encourage/affirm/validate your troops when they become dispondant, because that’s what Lincoln did for his troops.

When you do that for your troops they will go through hell for you – just like his did for Lincoln!