job was finished.
Before leaving, he congratulated the soldiers for their work, and said to the group leader, 'The next time your status prevents you from supporting your team, inform your higher authorities and I will provide a more permanent solution.'
At that moment, another soldier came running up and saluted the man and spoke a few words to him. The man nodded and got onto his horse and rode away.
'Who is that man?' asked the group leader.
'Don't you know?', said the soldier, 'He is the Army General!'
Every time you get an opportunity, demonstrate your leadership qualities by doing and motivating; not merely delegating.
Leadership is a state, not a status
Most of us achieve the status of a leader, but not the state.
State is totally different from status. Status comes from society. State is an expression of your inner space. Leadership is simply a conscious choice made by an individual to act out of deep sensitivity and awareness to one's situation and surroundings. Once the choice is made, the inner space will automatically start transforming and send out the right words and actions.
Look into your own life. What are the reasons you have taken responsibility at various times of your life? If you have been forced to take responsibility, you are being led by fear! If you have taken responsibility expecting some reward, then you are being led by greed.
As long as you are being led by fear or greed, you are a follower! The experience of leadership has not yet happened in you. When you operate out of responsibility, your every action expresses leadership.
When we grab the status without experiencing the state, we have to suffer all the problems which usually exist in the corporate world - stress and tension at the personal level; backbiting and politics at the level of the team.
The problem that corporates are facing is not too little leadership, but wrong leadership, immature leadership. When you focus on the state, not the status, all the good things that come with the status of a leader will also naturally flow to you.
Write down what motivates you to take responsibility for anything in your life.
Declare that you will start taking responsibility for the right reasons, not out of fear or greed.