Spirit of Leadership

THE SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP

from breaking through to the leadership capacity that I knew existed within them.

T RAPPED WITHIN EVERY FOLLOWER IS A HIDDEN LEADER .

I had read hundreds of books, articles, journals, and research papers on the subject of leadership; I had attended countless seminars, conferences, and summits dealing with leadership development, yet I was never able to identify, define, or fully understand the mystery key that separated and distinguished the leader from the follower. It was not until a few years ago, during one of my leadership sessions with a group of professionals, business owners, and reli gious, governmental, and corporate leaders in England that I began to gain insight into this mystery of leadership. I took this insight back to my home in Nassau, Bahamas, where I was able to study my staff and members of our organization to try to clarify specific principles that make a leader dif ferent from followers. This book is a result of this study and the subsequent application of these principles in the lives of many of my students and clients. AN INTERNALIZED DISCOVERY OF SELF Simply put, I discovered that the thinking of a leader is what separates him or her from the followers. I found that true leaders are distinguished by a unique mental atti tude that emanates from an internalized discovery of self, which creates a strong, positive, and confident self-concept and self-worth. I call this unique mental attitude the spirit of leadership. It’s an attitude that affects the entire life of the leader and controls his or her response to life, danger,

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