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Honesty is the Best Policy

Today I am going to finish the final three aspects of selfish leadership. The final three are somewhat similar, deception, hypocrisy and hiding true feelings. When a leader displays any of these traits they are not only being dishonest with others but they are being dishonest with themselves. A sure fire way to lose control of your leadership abilities is to practice any of the seven traits I have mentioned. However, when you are deceptive or hypocritical or you hide how you really feel then it becomes lethal.

I will briefly look at each one of these and give you 1 or 2 ways you can prevent yourself from using it.
Deception – This is deceiving others, or shading/hiding the truth from others. The bible says that the truth will set you free. Be honest with those you lead. Far too often a leader will only share part of the information. This is detrimental to getting the job done. Do the right thing by being honest with yourself and others and you won’t fall into the deception trap.

Hypocrisy –This is trying to be something or someone you are not. It is also saying one thing and doing the complete opposite. If you want to be a leader who is well respected and successful then be yourself and if you say you will do something then do it.

Hiding True Feelings – This again speaks to the honesty portion of each of us. However this isn’t necessarily lying, it is more like remaining silent. Sometimes remaining silent can hurt a situation. Maybe you know that the idea someone has will not work but you remain silent about your feelings and apprehensions. This will hurt the project, person, team and company. It will also look bad for you because everyone will think you don’t have the guts to speak up. True leaders speak up. Don’t keep the great ideas to yourself share it and help everyone be successful.
Be a true leader. Be honest with yourself and others and do what you say you are going to do. Above all share you ideas or your reservations about situations and you will be known as a true leader and not a selfish one.
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