Right Wisdom

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. ...

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...