Walk this way! (Run DMC)

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According to Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® are:

1. Model the way.
2. Inspire shared vision.
3. Challenge the process.
4. Enable people to act.
5. Encourage the Heart.

Without fact checking the source, I'm happy to see 'Model the way' as the lead out batter to the list.

Dovetailing as it does with the authenticity I wrote about last time, being what you want to see is crucial (Mahatma Gandhi knew what he was talking about).

And that means an exemplary leader's character is on the line.

Otherwise you're a hypocrite who pretends to have virtues, moral beliefs, principles that you do not actually possess.

And who wants to follow a leader like that?