Right Wisdom

What type of personality do you have? What type of personality does your leader have? Have you ever been in a situation in which your personality clashes with the personality of your boss? Maybe there is something about you that your boss doesn’t like. Our fourth trait of a selfish leader according to the article “What Makes a True Leader” by JeroldAust is playing to personalities. This trait ties together with number three, playing favorites. Often times leaders click with someone’s personality and they end up showing favorites to that person. There is another aspect of this trait and that is when the leader seeks power for selfish reason. They will seek out other leaders who might be in a position of greater influence in order to eventually gain more power for themselves. You may have seen this in someone who is give a position of leadership and all of a sudden they ignore those they used to work with because they perceive them as below them. They instead seek out other leader...

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...