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Lessons for Leading Leaders

September 18, 2007

1. "You ability to lead others arises not just from your position, resources, or charisma but from your will and skill.  If you want to lead other persons, especially leaders, you have to work at the job.

2. The basis of leadership, particularly with leaders, is your relationship with the persons you lead.  Trust in the leader is a necessary element of leadership, and persons are more disposed to follow a leader in whom they have trust than one they do not trust.

3. Communication is your fundamental tool in building those relationships.

4. The key process of leading leaders is communication through one-on-one interactions with the persons you would lead.  If you lead other leaders, you have to engage them and personally connect with them.

5. In developing your leadership strategies and tactics, you need to take account of the interests of the person you would lead.  Leading leaders is above all interest-based leadership.  Leaders will follow you not because of your position or charisma but because they consider it in their interest.  Your job as a leader is to convince them that their interests lie with you (Salacuse, 2006, p.15-16)."

Reference: Salacuse, J.W. (2006). Leading leaders: how to manage smart, talented, rich and powerful people. New York: Amacom.

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Created: 2008-02-28, Updated: 2009-01-06