The Courage To Lead

Leadership takes courage and we don’t always get it right and it doesn’t always come acrossright. We are all human. In our world, we need more courage and willingness to communicate the hard and/or motivational messages. This is not just about being outspoken, which is actually easy to do when you think about it. It’s not about having a self-righteous belief that you aren't willing to let go of and hear multiple sides. It’s not about having eloquent, charismatic speaking skills. It’s certainly not about a dump and hide social media post approach that we see so much of.

It’s about committed willingness to appropriately take a position that is in the best interest of others and in the broadest context, humanity. It’s about seeing something wrong and saying something about it. It’s about being thoughtful about respectful communication of your bold messages. It’s a willingness to speak up about a situation that is overwhelmingly wrong or unjust. It’s about personalizing how we speak with a brave tone, but also ensuring that our message resonates. It’s about being willing to speak the truth, but then also back up your position with facts, data and logic-not just opinion.

Courage is a big word. Each of us has it within our character. It’s a question of how we call up that character strength and apply it situationally and consistently. Make the decision to show more courage. Model courage.