I previously quoted legendary coach John Wooden on the need to be concerned about your character and not just your reputation. The character concerns for a leader goes beyond that. Yesterday I began a discussion of Brady and Woodward's Trilateral Leadership Ledger that lists character as the first essential category of leadership effectiveness. They contend that "...there is an intrinsic value in developing character even if he [or she] never obtains external results from his [or her] endeavor. That is because who one becomes is much more important than what one accomplishes."
They go on to list honesty, integrity, courage, proper values based on absolute truth, faith, a humble spirit, patience with others, discipline, and self-mastery as being included in one's character. That's quite a list. As we continue this journey, I will unpack each of these on their own merits and then discuss them as a whole as to how they form a leader's character.
As Bill Hybels said, "The foundation of firm leadership is character."
Excerpt From: Chris Brady & Orrin Woodward: "Launching a Leadership Revolution." Business Plus. New York. p.96
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