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I define leadership as going before or showing the way, taking that step towards something, the step that creates the new future. The corporate world has many business leaders to look to for the key characteristics of leadership. Ones that readily come to mind are Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Their names are synonymous with creativity. It is easy to overlook the courage that was required for these leaders to drive the innovation for which they will always be associated.We often see these leaders as "larger than life," as extraordinary. While inspiring us, they occur to us as models for leadership that are out of the reach of the ordinary person. In fact, we are wrong. If we look at the principles that underlie their leadership, that led to their grand achievements, we will see the timeless principles to which I refer – and ones that are easily within our reach.It is no coincidence that the leaders to whom we look to find the key principles of leadership are also known to the world as innovators. It is the courage to fail that leads to innovation and possibility.To lead from this characteristic, courage, you have to be ready for many dark nights of the soul. There will be days when you want to quit, when the false starts overwhelm,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler on sale[/url], when disappointment looms large. Leaders have to be ready to fail, to know that the way forward will be messy and that mid-course corrections are moments of learning and opportunity.What complicates this is the expectations of those around us. Being a leader means taking risks and making tough decisions. 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Leadership means the ability to move into the unknown. There is nothing safe about being a leader. They seize the opportunity to take a stance and bring new possibilities into being.Tremendous courage takes firm beliefs and values. Margaret Thatcher was a leader who understood her core values. Upon her resignation the editor of the Daily Telegraph described Thatcherism as a powerful collection of beliefs about the capacities of human beings in a political society. These are not disembodied philosophical or theoretical beliefs. They were her beliefs and the ones that gave Thatcher the ability to lead the country to a new future,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]discount moncler jackets[/url], to summon the courage to move beyond the current state.While there remains a broad diversity of opinions on the rightness or success of her particular policies, she was guided by the underlying necessity for Britain to undertake a large-scale change.Leaders create new futures taking the risks that are inherent in new opportunities. What does that mean to you today? Embrace the blank slate and when you see something that holds the opportunity you know will create a new future, do it.Tags: Bill Gates, Catherine Osler, Steve Jobs, human resources, employee, employer, management
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