The New Testament of Business Leadership
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“So you think you are a
Leader--“Leadership; I have this belief on Leadership”--
“Leaders are not anointed--. they
emerge from within the blood, sweat and fear of battle, not through rank or
title, nor draped in arrogance or ego--but in quiet confidence, to expend the
sum of their life’s experience, talents, skills and God-given blessings toward
the battle at hand, without regard for self, but with total regard for the
success of the whole.”
I have this belief on the
character of a Leader. Simply said,
“Confident, not Arrogant, Humble,
not Stupid” - Wayne Leistra
Could Leadership be a curse? I think not if true heart and soul are
exposed! Could there be a leader that is
self-centered, that deserves the toil, trust and courage of the people before,
or behind him, or her?
How would it be possible to lead
without the passion for pain, for self-examination, all for the payment of a
pauper? Such a fine, fine line between the sadistic skill of a satanic and
demeaning dictator and the heart of an empowering merchant of dreams and hope; Could there be a place between the two? I think not.
Leadership requires an eye on the
possible, while struggling with feet buried in the earthly reality of lost
hope, and the relentless screams of dismay and the loss of heart, while
fighting and struggling to free the souls and the talents, hopes and dreams of
the scattered and scorned.
A leader is deaf to claims of
"can't" and reveilles in the calm of "can". Is the burden
of leadership heavy? Only to the one
that tries to carry "self" along for the journey!
In general, the blueprint for us
and for our battles and endeavors continues to go back to Executive Trainer
Richard Flynn’s description for “Human Engineering”. “ We
are designed to achieve what we are achieving; the only way to change what we
are achieving, is to change the design”.
The balance between the mission
to be undertaken, and an absolute, clear understanding of the opposing enemy,
compared to the resources at hand, coupled with the organization that is built
to complement the strategy elected through personal and company
self-examination, is the only recipe for success, realizing positive change and
fulfillment to the fullest.
I sometimes think the misappropriation of human talent and the inability to think beyond the boundaries of our own intelligence, is the single greatest tragedy we face. It is not until you reach the battlefield, and the enemy lies before you, that the decisions we make as leaders are truly confirmed, as being right or wrong.
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About the Book
“New Testament of Business
Leadership” is different from the business books written in the past, as it
starts in your own relationship with Jesus Christ.
Business books rarely talk about
the leader’s heart, fears, ego, and the emotions that form the outcome of their
actions or on the ones they lead. This book deals with the leader’s heart and
head. It relates directly to the pure empowerment of an individual as well as
the encouragement of the team.
This book is not a “how to” book
that screams of earthly riches nor is it a bible study guide, but instead, at
times written romantically, explores the depths of the leader’s thoughts, fears
and strengths. It calls to those that are “called” to leadership. It calls for
self-examination, through soul-searching concepts of the whole worth of
oneself.
This book’s theme addresses a
true change management; change within one’s self, and of empowering the change
within others, that they might reach their full God-given potentials.
The trick to this book is to go
slow, explore your own talents, and to think!
About the Author
Rod has been well versed in
executive corporate leadership. His lessons and examples of business leadership
defy common corporate tradition and he focuses on methods to get the best out
of the organization. His writing brings many unorthodox experiences to bear
such as being a professional trainer of competitive and ranch quarter horses
for 20 years and being a key executive in the heavy duty automotive industry of
some of this county's largest corporations. Rod holds a MBA and a PhD and uses
a prose technique that requires you to go to a place within yourself.