Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Resonant Leader
I would advice an up and coming leader to be resonant by watching and learning from one of the past. Take Gandhi for example, as he was being attacked by his followers, he stayed calm, cool, and collected, not raising his voice or showing anger, not once. I have been put in many situations in cheerleading practice where I had to stay calm and not lose my temper, as much as I felt the need to. I took a step back, took a few deep breathes, and remained calm, not raising my voice once. This is not something that comes naturally. You must practice it to get better, to become a resonant leader. If you fail to do so and you continually snap at your followers or employees, or whomever it might be, you will lose all credibility you worked so hard to acheive.
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Molly, thanks for getting these other posts up. In general, you effectively speak around the topics at hand -- Goleman's quote about emotional intelligence, your MB experience, and reonant leadership. You certainly seem to have some grasp of the concepts covered. Where your posts fall a bit short is depth. They just seem a bit hastily constructed. Do you have a particular strength from the MB which you know you could leverage to improve your leadership in cheer? How about a weakness? How do leaders get "in tune" with those they are leading? What specific behaviors create this? Thinking about questions such as these before you post can make your sharing even more rich.
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