While any leadership program must be tailored to a corporation or organization building the program, certain essential principles are universal. Military or police organizations will modify the wording to take into account the innate structure and chain of command of these organizations.
Over the next several days I will post foundation principles of leadership and define them. Please feel free to comment.
Always maintain professional ethics and standards, in the workplace and in public, especially in these days of social media and cell phone cameras.
A true leader is one who commands respect in part by how he or she conducts themselves in a consistent and professional manner. It is so easy to think our social media posts are private, view able only to our friends and family. We believe that once we delete a photo or comment if we have a more sober second thought, it is gone. The fact is once something is in cyberspace, it will be there long past our own expiry date. Perception is truly everything. As the old saying goes, you only have one opportunity to make a first impression. What is never said is that the second impression and ongoing impressions are what will be most present in the observers mind. So keep your public image one which you can be proud of, one which will not come back to haunt you. Know that the world is watching, whether you have invited them in or not.
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