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Jul 3 - Respecting All Persons
Respecting All Persons
July 3, 2007
"Courageous leaders do three things and do them well. The first is respecting all persons; the other leadership acts - giving encouragement and support and challenging wrongs - build on it. So when we have a relationship crash, respect is the first performance behavior we check.
To respect is to value - to be concerned for the other. It means not violating or disregarding the person. It is not friendship; it's a strict discipline of leadership, regardless of feelings; it's unconditional positive respect.
Even if you are talking with a rival, you are wholly present. You use respectful body language and good eye contact. You listen carefully, and thoughtfully. You do this for all persons (Lee, 2006, p. 153)."
Reference: Lee, G. (2006). Courage: the backbone of leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Courage is available on loan from the Ohio State University Leadership Center. To borrow this resource or any other resource, please go to the resource search page http://164.107.48.88/winnebago/index.asp?lib=???
Created: 2008-02-28, Updated: 2009-02-25
