Lead By Examples

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” John C. Maxwell

“In order to be a good leader, there are two things to remember. Lead from the Front and always set the Example. From these two leadership principles, everything else will fall into place.”

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

Leaders are well-defined as somebody who leads a peoples, a person who guides peoples towards certain goals. Yet, Leaders are not always just about leading somebody. Leaders are someone who inspired us, someone we look up to, and someone who can turn ordinary things into something astonishing. In order to be able to persuade others to follow a course of action, a leader must have personal integrity. The person who cannot be trusted, cannot lead, the people will not be guided by someone in whom they don’t believe.

My father and uncles’ instilled a statement in my head from a young age that I will never forget. This statement is closely related to the Law of Legacy and very relevant to being a leader in the modern business world. The statement only consists of a few words, but these words are very powerful and if this statement is followed, your reputation as a leader will be respected and hopefully emulated. The statement is, “Lead by example, do what is right, be the best you can be, and treat others the way you would like to be treated.”

Growing up I was always told to be a leader and not a follower, and as a child I did not think much of that saying. However, in recent years I have begun to grasp what it truly means to

John Quincy Adams once said “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, and become more, you are a leader.”

This can easily be seen to me as the concept of the leaders living by example to reinforce their vision. As we all know action speak louder than

The world has its fair share of leaders, both good and bad, real and fictional. How did they lead? By example? Fear? Power? Which is the best way, the moral way, and the most effective way? Leadership, as previously stated has many different ways of showing itself, and in the period of human history there has always been someone on top. Great leaders and not so great leaders, it is this select few that characterizes the world we live in now. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Dr. Jose Rizal, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are some of the many positive great examples history could offer, however, Mao Zedong, Kim Jong Un, Karl Marx, and Adolf Hitler are some not so great figures in the world. Although these leaders may seem worlds apart the similarity

“I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again,” written by Etienne de Grellet, is a quote which I base my life and leadership style on. Throughout my primary and secondary school career in Trinidad, I was always fortunate to be given leadership opportunities that helped develop me into the person I am today. Some described me as a natural leader, but I have never felt deserving of the credit. As it was actually through the example of my mother and others like her that taught me to lead by example and that being a servant leader was truly one of the most rewarding experiences you can have.

Personally I think that the idea of being a servant leader is the best way to lead someone in any situation. It provides people with the necessary tools to be successful and keeps them motivated beyond the point of your being there to hold their hands through everything. It’s a small way to give people that necessary push and keep them moving forward. Instead of just giving people what they need at that time you give them the power to make their choices and propel their own life forward. Having someone realize that they “can” is a very powerful thing.

Leadership lessons summarize that anywhere you go in the world people are always seeking for leaders. Without leadership the world get nowhere; therefore, we need excellent leadership. The Iliad is full of important leader who keep the war moving. In today's society soilder

Everyone has different values and traditions; therefore, a leader is in the eye of the beholder. According to Webster’s dictionary, a leader is someone who leads, so by definition, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were leaders; nonetheless, to a myriad of countries they were assassins, but for poverty stricken Germans after the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler was a god sent to pulverize those who had wronged them. I am a leader; however unlike my deceased counterparts, my morals prevent me from hurting others.

In order for a leader to be a leader he/she must begin with the assumption that you are the one who matters most. As a leader you have to possess that level of confidence in yourself that you are capable of leading yourself “before you can lead others”. And when you develop this belief then you are better able of affirmative influence “on others”.

Aubrey Malphurs (2003) believes that “those who lead set the example to those who follow.”