Cultivating the expectation of leadership

What does it take to be a leader? Quick, tell me five attributes! I can hear my past university students groaning. They all heard a million times in lectures and tutorials that part of the definition of being a professional is having the ability to clearly articulate what you do.

If you are a professional leader then you must be able to clearly articulate what you do and what you have that sets you apart: the qualities that you use to lead.

I am a leader. I believe in myself, I can problem solve, I see the bigger picture, I motivate others through encouragement and I tread where others are too scared to go. I see an opportunity and I develop it…not exploit it, but develop it. I look no different to anyone else, have no great sign above my head saying leader, I just act like a leader because I have faith in myself and others.

I also expect leadership in others. I believe in empowerment and I expect people to use the tools and gifts given to them to help themselves and others. This cultivation of leadership shines through in all of my dealings with people. I do not dumb people down because they are less fortunate in education or position than me, nor do I elevate them to leadership positions because they wear expensive clothes and drive a fancy car. I EXPECT leadership in everyone.

In expecting leadership, I get leadership. I am surrounded by people who care about others and help others. This to me is the greatest form of leadership – they lead and change by example. Their deeds and their personal power are contagious and they are happy to pass their contagion to all that they touch.

You are a leader because you are reading this through and reflecting upon it. Like draws like and action draws action (Law of Attraction). In your dealings with others today, take the step, and expect leadership in them too. In cultivating it in others it becomes stronger in you.

If you want to make your feeling of leadership stronger, reflect back on a time in your life when you did have a strong sense of leadership: perhaps you won a prize a school or you achieved something that left you swelling with pride and confidence. Remember that feeling and grow it in your heart – leaders reflect, learn and repeat actions that work. Losers allow life to happen to them without challenging for change and success.

To your success, because you deserve it, you leader you.

I’m looking for leaders.

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