Thoughts on ... Effective Leadership

We believe that leaders are not the heroes of our imagination, but real people who find an inner capacity to envision a future and live it with such integrity themselves that others are drawn to follow. Without followers, leaders are merely people with titles. The best leaders, in our experience, so live out, in their own unique way, both the mission and strategy or the organization and the values of its culture such that others are inspired to find within themselves the capacity to contribute their own best performance. Leaders go where their organizations need to go, first, and in so doing, win both the credibility and conferred authority of those who will follow.

(Note: this excerpt forms part of our philosophy at The Change Alliance. More can be read on our website)