Good leaders (facilitators, organizers, focalizers ...) are simply the people who are able to focus (quite consistently) on the group as a whole, and to work for the benefit of the group, rather than focusing on their own comfort, personal needs or subjective opinions. Leaders are people who already live & think consistently in the 'we' paradigm (a 'higher level of consciousness'), rather than the 'me, me, me' mind-set of our culture (and the majority of people)
There are lots of leadership styles ... Article about reactive & pro-active leadership
Also there is another Leadership for Change page in Module5, as Module 1 & Module 5 kind of cycle into each other in important ways ...
The Wisdom of Wolves | Do let us know of any great leaders you know about, in this thread: There's a dialogue in our FB group about this subject (click icon to go there) Additional LinksThere is more in this manual on the subject of leadership and lots of articles in the RC.org site, here. Leadership is CrucialLeadership is crucial - & always has been - for any effective social change. However, it is tragically misunderstood of today, & this is seriously holding us back now. We actually need MORE leaders, so encourage them & treat them well. Most people who boycott good leadership are themselves often frustrated leaders: people who don't take on leadership because of their own fear or misplaced ideals. Leadership is a natural & healthy human drive. We long to take responsibility & in fact need this in order to really grow & learn. Whenever we decide to take 100% responsibility for something, we're leading. Whether we do it well or badly mostly depends on knowledge & experience, like anything else. So know this: your leadership is needed, so if you are passionate about anything, get right behind whoever is leading well already. BUT if they don't exist yet, know that it's YOUR JOB: don't wait for someone else to do what you could do just start practicing your leadership. Get good support & learn all you can about what it takes to do it successfully. Here are some well known, |
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