THE COURAGE TO BE A LEADER

The portrait I paint of the authentic leader is no more and no less than the image of an ideal leader, the sum of the qualities that in my view a leader should have. Perhaps this ideal is far from what we see in our political or social leaders, but we will discover in them many of the qualities presented in the book. Leaders are survivors, they know how to stay ahead and have learned to do things immediately, well and with quality. They have learned to see the organization they lead as an important part of their lives. They don't see themselves as bosses or paid managers but as architects, people who are shaping a future for themselves and their team members and organization. 

There is much to be said and I leave it to those who read this book to discover in turn the laws presented and, why not, to discover themselves. I invite you to read these laws and write down in a notebook the valuable things you find here because leadership always starts from core values. If we don't have a set of values to believe in and fight for, then we will never become leaders. 

All of these laws to me are valuable, they are the essence of leadership and I hope they resonate in the minds of those seeking to learn more about leaders and leadership. The more we are willing to learn the more our power to influence will grow. It's simple and easy if we find the motivation to study and apply the laws of leadership as often as we can.