As a leader it is easy at times to forget the influence
we have on people either by position, title, or by perception. We have the
ability to be a positive force or a destructive element in the lives of so many
by what we say or don’t say, do or don’t do. It’s a responsibility we have, which we must
ever be mindful.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe helps
put things in perspective for me and the responsibilities that are inherent in
being a leader.
“I
have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is
my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes
the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can
be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor,
hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a
crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they
ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”
Be
good to yourself and to those you lead…
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