Leadership & True North!

 

Leadership & True North!

Leadership & True North!

The most important component in the leadership development is certainly not accumulation of power or wealth, position or status, titles, high stake communication stills or even achievements. But the most important and arguably the most inseparable component of a leader is Character. And by Character, I do not by any means referring to reputation. By character, I am referring to your true-self. It is your character that determines the level of trust people place on you. You may be on the epitome or surge of success in your area of competence, but if you lack this ‘character’ aspect than everything else diminishes against it.

It is your character which acts as the “True North”. And therefore, it is of utmost importance to have a genuine character that reflects your values & belief system. There are many leaders who are just waiting to grab the opportunities to lead and most of them are motivated for material benefits or they have a fervor to feel important or approved by others. The purpose of a character based leadership is to discover our true north which acts as the lighthouse for others to follow.

Leadership & True North

There have been innumerable incidents in the past where leaders forsook the need of others and sell their integrity in times of pressure and eventually lost their True North. Your True north is what puts you in the right direction as a leader. Your True North determines your ethical standards. The Authenticity of your leadership is measured by your alignment with the True north. And when you survive the turbulent & nasty times which tests your character, only then you can really measure how much intact your True North Is.

Leadership & True North

Following your True North is the most important for any aspiring leader or for leaders who are already in positions of authority. It is important to note that your authenticity is never measured by your age or even experience. It may take 20 years to build yourself as an authentic person and an act of merely 20 seconds can ruin it. Building yourself as an Authentic leader helps you in many facets of life. Aristotle himself linked the notion of moral character to a virtuous life. And this is where habit formation comes into play. The more you practice it, the more natural it becomes to you.

Leadership & True North

Just like a habit is the result of perpetuity of certain definite actions. Similarly, forming & maintaining a genuine character is an act of repetition. The more you do it, the better you become at it. When you are consciously keeping yourself aligned with the True north, you are feeding the exact information right into your subconscious mind. And the more you do it, the better it fits into the subconscious. Remember, your True North is the key to your Authenticity!