{"id":22273,"date":"2026-01-03T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=22273"},"modified":"2026-01-02T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:50:08","slug":"real-leadership-begins-with-the-right-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/real-leadership-begins-with-the-right-attitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Leadership Begins With The Right Attitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many aspiring new business men and women get promoted, or diligently earn new and higher roles and positions,…only to get cast into a leadership position for which they are totally unprepared. The result?…such folks as these fall flat on their faces in total failure. All too often these type people simply cannot understand or figure out why they failed. Their first response to their own dilemma is to find fault with other people or place blame where it does not belong. Please keep in mind that you, and you alone, are responsible for your own thoughts, words, and actions (or inaction).<\/span><\/p>\n

No other outside person can or will lead for you. You are the one who is charged with leading. First leading yourself, and secondly leading others. One truth of life is certain: If you cannot adequately lead yourself,…you will never be able to effectively lead other people.<\/strong> Permit me to remind you that the true Secret of all Su<\/strong>ccess<\/span> lies in the second letter of the word!<\/span><\/p>\n

In order for any particular person to be able to lead well, they will have to master a whole host of personal skills. Such people skills include articulating ideas be they good or bad, recognizing real talent (or lack thereof), managing serious crisis, staying calm in the midst of a storm (crisis), being willing to be the correct example for the sub-leaders to observe, etc.–but that is not all. Leadership for the most part is a developed skill set. While it is indeed a very rare occurrence, there are some (very few) individuals who are actually born leaders of other people. The remainder of all the leaders are developed over a relatively long period of time and all with lots of stubbed toes, scraped and scabbed knees, and some broken noses. Evaluated Experience is the greatest teacher.<\/strong> The most important of the needed additional skills required of a leader is attitude.<\/strong> A person\u2019s basic mental attitudes will always determine how well he or she can develop and apply those necessary skills required to lead other people.<\/span><\/p>\n

From my nearly four decades of leading other people inside and outside of business operations, I have come to realize that there are six \u201cabsolute attributes\u201d<\/strong> required and performed by all truly successful leaders of people. Those who attempt to lead other people and use less than these six \u201cabsolutes\u201d<\/strong> will expend lots of time and resources, will work very hard and long hours, will invest their resources trying to lead other people, will continuously try to equip other folks to become leaders,…but will, in the end, lose all that they have worked for and tried to establish. They will eventual self destruct. Why?…mostly because they did not possess and further develop a much better positive mental attitude about what they were attempting to achieve. Other people will always disappoint you. Many will let you down. Many leaders-in-training will simply never develop into what they could have become because they lack one or more of these six absolutes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Permit me to share with you what these six precious personal attributes are so as to better equip you for greater and more effective leadership roles. To become (it is a long term process) a great leader of people, a person needs to be:<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Interested in people.<\/strong> Real leaders are interested in all other people. They are up to date on the job responsibilities, performance records, and career goals of the people they are leading….who actually report to them. But their interest goes well beyond work alone. Good leaders are also generous listeners when people talk about their personal lives, goals, and dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(2)\u00a0 Intellectually curious.<\/strong> All truly effective leaders seek information and ideas beyond what is immediately useful or needed in making a quality decision(s) or solving a problem(s). They are always asking another question, listening to another person and their opinions,… attending motivational seminars or rallies, searching other sources of information such as websites, DVDs, newsletters, and business journals,…or reading another good book.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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(3)\u00a0 Open to change.<\/strong> Effective leaders of other people know that the future will always bring changes. They feel responsible for making their organization and its plans flexible enough to adapt. These people know that they cannot learn about needed changes if they are doing all of the talking. Consequently they always listen carefully when their followers bring up the subject of necessary changes for improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(4) Committed to risk taking.<\/strong> Real leaders are not afraid of assuming some risk(s) associated with taking advantage of a good opportunity that could indeed pay off in big benefits to the organization as a whole. They also know that taking on risks successfully is not solely a matter of the leader\u2019s vision; the whole organization must be prepared to take on these risks in both skills and attitude.<\/span><\/p>\n

(5) Opportunistic about crises.<\/strong> Leaders do not underestimate the threat that a particular crisis can carry. But avoiding the danger(s) is definitely not their only focus. Real leaders see crises as prime opportunities to learn more about their people (followers), their resources, and their procedures–about what works, what doesn\u2019t work, and what to do next.<\/span><\/p>\n

(6) Optimistic.<\/strong> Uniting these attitudes is a reasoned optimism. True leaders believe that they can make a significant difference by setting an example that encourages other people to rise to a higher level themselves and make a greater contribution and\/or major difference to the betterment of the entire organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

You see, friends, leadership is not simply being at the head of a group of people doing your best to help them climb to a higher level of living. It is far more than that. Leadership is being the very best proper example for other people you are leading to see and learn from so as to help them do more for themselves and become better prepared to become leaders of their own organizations. Always remember the greatest motivational statement that mankind has ever heard….People do what people see.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

You should work to become (more than you are),…not to acquire.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Leaders Gotta Lead…………….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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