Distracted by the powerful high-profile leaders in our world we often forget about the small acts of leadership that take place right in our own backyards. The person who demonstrates compassion or honesty in the face of opposition. The person who speaks up when everyone else is afraid to take a stand. The person who refuses to do what everyone else does or what has always been done because somehow it feels wrong – morally, ethically or otherwise.
And … I believe … the person who isn’t intimidated when they are personally attacked. Leadership is showing up all over the place and most of us don’t recognize it. It starts with personal integrity, having a commitment to honouring ourselves and then it seeps out into the rest of our lives.
I’ve sidestepped leadership many times in my life. I made something else more important or made myself wrong for thinking differently. Even though there are still times I don’t take a leadership position when I could, I am so much better at this than I have been.
It is this passion for living leadership that has me thinking of planning a leadership series for the fall when my neighbourhood quiets down. I wonder who will come.
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