Right Wisdom

The third aspect of selfish leadership is playing favorites. Have you ever been on the opposite side of the fence when a boss or leader plays favorites? If you have it probably didn’t make you feel very good. It also makes a person feel as if the leader is alienating them. When a leader plays favorites it shows their selfishness. It shows they are only interested in themselves and their own success. A true leader is someone who is more interested in the success of others and the success of those around them. A true leader will want to embrace everyone equally. In so doing it will build a cohesive team and a sense of family. Building that cohesiveness allows people to be more productive and will generate greater success. When this happens leaders are successful and are viewed as true leaders because they aren’t playing favorites. If you are a leader what do you do if one of your people are better at what they do than the others? You don’t want to play favorites, here are some th...

I am examining the seven common missteps of selfish leadership as identified in the article “What Makes a True Leader” written by Jerold Aust from “The Good News” magazine . We looked at the first misstep which was schmoozing. The second aspect of a selfish leader is Politics. As in schmoozing you might wonder why politics is bad. Politics is bad for a number of reasons. Politics is self serving. Many people who practice politics say what people what to hear so they can be voted into an office. Politics can be described as another way to schmooze. A person may want something so they play the game to get what they want. Politics can also become a series of mud slinging in which a person will say negative things to bring the other person down. Think about our Presidential campaigns. Think about how negative they become. That is politics they want to earn the votes for that office so they try their hardest to shed negative light on their opponent. They really should be...

In the business world people often talk about schmoozing and making sure you are saying the right things to the right people. However did you know that schmoozing actually carries a negative definition? According to Merriam Webster the definition is "to chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connections". You might be saying that doesn't sound too negative? If you read the words closely you see that you are chatting with someone in a manner that is persuasive to gain favor. This means that the person schmoozing really doesn’t care about the person they are speaking to. All they are caring is that they can be nice enough to the person to convince them to do something for them.   This is a sure sign of selfish leadership. The person is schmoozing just to gain something for themselves. They aren’t really interested in being friendly or helping the other person they are only interested in what that person can do for them.   ...

I am reading an article from " The Good News " magazine about leadership. I have provided a link for you to look at the website. The article is called "What Makes a True Leader" by Jerold Aust. My focus over the next few weeks will be based upon that article. Since we are in an election year we will be voting for our leaders of this great nation. It is good to take some time to reflect on what makes up good leadership and what makes up bad leadership. There are two parts in the article that I will focus on. The first is the seven common missteps of selfish leadership. Each day I will unpack one of those missteps and give my own twist to the reasoning behind that misstep. After the seven missteps I will focus on the seven characteristics of a true leader. If you have been following and reading my blog probably have read about some of these characteristics in the past. Again we will look at them and unpack them and I'll add my special twist to each character...