True Authority

Submitted by Kate on March 21, 2010 - 1:25am.

Steve Keating – ‘Lead Today’ on Twitter

"True authority is born from respect for the good character and trustworthiness of the person who leads."

How many people in business today really respect their leader? Who of us can honestly say that our leader/s are people of good character and that they are trustworthy.

An interesting and important question; at least I think it is.

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Degree's of seperation

By Colin Scowen on March 21, 2010 - 8:47pm

If I look at my personal situation, I have had leaders who I trust, and leaders whom I don't trust.

Where it becomes interesting is if there is a layer or two of people in between you and that leader. Because this means that you don't get direct contact wth that leader, so you cannot get as good a feel for them. Makes that trust and respect a bit more vague.

The worst feeling though is when someone you did trust moves up and appears to change from trustworthy to not. I am sure that the person hasn't actually changed, but that there are other factors to the perceived change. Bearing that in mind helps a little, but doesn't take the feeling away.

Regards, Colin.

Seeing Beyond the Veil

By Kate Moor on March 21, 2010 - 8:59pm

Probably a bit of a ‘new-age’ comment however I think that at times we are seduced by superficial behaviour and we don’t really look beyond that. Something that I was reading recently resonated with me as it relates to this topic and your comment Colin.

We have forgotten or ignored listening to our ‘gut feeling’. Often we pick up vibes on a subconscious level but we ignore them or discount them at our conscious level. This is when I think we eventually end up being disappointed. I have a number of real life experiences that support my views (at least). Something tells me not to trust a person. I ignore it, I think everything is and then circumstances change and the ‘real’ person emerges

Kate