Chapter 13 PLAY THE GOOD LEADERSHIP POLITICS Leadership requires politics. Anything that relies on people and requires that you achieve personal or collective goals using people would use some extent of politics. Leaderships especially take more than some politics. As you work your way up the leadership ladder or assume an apex leadership position,...
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Chapter 12 REPLICATE YOURSELF IN OTHERS Now that you are beginning to gather followers or at least people who look up to you or admire you, even if from a distance, it is time to apply some form of gesture to bring them closer and convert them to mentorship at varying degrees. This is...
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Chapter 11 BE OPEN TO COUNSEL Counsel is undisputedly crucial to advancement in any path. You do not know it all and you will never know it all. At the same time, there are people who have gone ahead of you or have had an insider perspective of the journey you are embarking on....
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Chapter 10 PLACE HIGH VALUE ON THE SYSTEM AND ORDER/ANNOINTING YOU MEET Systems of leadership and hierarchy are put in place for important reasons. Order is the foundation of organizational excellence. The extent to which you respect and value the order or system of the organization or people you seek to lead, the better...
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Chapter 9 SHOW FAITH AND PATIENCE IN DUE PROCESS Your time will surely come. If you are patient and do all the right things, you will surely get to the apex of leadership you desire. It might seem as though it is taking so long to happen but stay patient. It took over...
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Chapter 8 SHOW RESPECT FOR OTHER LEADERS Leadership like every other thing in life respects the law of sowing and reaping. The same measure you use to give others is what would be used for you. As you rise in leadership, you must be mindful to show the same respect you expect from people...
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Chapter 7 VALUE PEOPLE’S LIVES AND SACRIFICES Leadership in any form or type must come with a value for the life and efforts of the people you lead. The only reason you are a leader or aspire to become one is because the people exist. If they are not worth much, then your entire office...
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Chapter 6 STAY HUMBLE I believe this chapter would be straightforward. Everyone knows and understands the importance of humility in life’s journey. God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. When you think about that scripture critically, what you will get to understand is, what it means by God resisting the proud...
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Chapter 5 CHOOSE YOUR MASTERS WISELY We have so far been discussing the lessons we learn from virtues David exemplified. For once, let us look at something that was a weakness to him. If you have lived life long enough, you will find that you are slave to your desires. Whatever you desperately want...
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Chapter 4 BEHAVE WISELY The way you behave both in public and in your privacy matters a lot in whether you would go for as a leader or not. Your charisma, your general attitude and your choice of words and actions is how you would survive or not survive the bitter competitive race to...