The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders (Haden & Jacobs)

This book was a gift to me from Karl Haden. Each of us has an opportunity and perhaps a responsibility to be a leader. I will read and comment in this blog - so that I learn more effectively how to be a leader - and perhaps to inspire others to lead.

7. Courage

Courage - "As Nelson Mandel put it, 'Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it.'"

  • personal
  • physical
  • poltitical
  • societal

Three-level hierarchy

  1. Self
  2. Others
  3. Principle

Courage to do what is right - Is it necessary to be accurate so to be "right."

Courage to take risks - "playing it safe is sometimes the greatest risk of all."

Courage to Buck Trends - Innovate vs early or late majority? Shiny object syndrome? - how to decide which trends to buck and which to join .... or which to lead?

Courage to Lead - "true leadership involves being out front"

Courage to Get Results - "Wisdom and perseverance....quitting or giving up"

  • Inspiration
  • Correction