Contrary to the thinking of some, leadership is not a journey to be made alone. Avoiding the objective feedback one finds in healthy relationships, leaders are more prone to deception and leadership failure.
In the context of relationship, our beliefs, attitudes and behaviors are constantly being revealed. The leader who is objective and open to that 'revelation' will recognize the areas of their life/leadership that need tending. The leader who takes responsibility for their own development in those areas is poised to become great; the leader who purposefully seeks out the relationships they KNOW will challenge them, exposing areas of their life/leadership in need of change, is destined to make a difference!
If you want to make a difference with your life and leadership, enter wholly into trusting relationships where you be challenged and changed - and where you can be an agent of change in the lives of others! This is the essence of leadership influence - to influence self and others to be continually transformed!
God bless your 2011 with peace, prosperity and powerful relationships!
Lead on!
