“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to say you are, you aren’t.” – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

A duty of leadership is to set the tone, and to pick up the mantle of the willingness to behave responsibly. Being accountable to the entire organization, and being a binding force.

The Duty of Enlightened Leadership is to:

• Embrace challenges and change
• To listen and to learn from feedback from all levels of the organization
• To be persistent with positive purpose
• Inspire others
• Never give up
• To rebound from setbacks
• To learn every day
• To believe in others
• To be genuine, to be real

The duty of leadership is a huge assignment to take on. Empathetic and trust-based leadership carries the day. We have seen and experienced the results of working for a toxic leader. Their results speak volumes, such as poor morale, high turnover and lost customers.

The joys of the duty of leadership are:

• A lasting positive impact on the organization
• Guiding the future of the company
• Creating a positive culture for employees to reach their potential

Indeed, the duty of leadership is both a reward and a responsibility. The role demands for decisions and actions that impact everyone around you and influences the careers of employees in your organization, and their families. It provides the leader with the opportunity to help others shine. The ability to impact the success of your company is great! Dutiful leadership is about a hunger for continuous learning. The joy of leadership and life is there, we all need to see it and pursue it.

• The opportunity to be human
• Leading with compassion and humility
• Being self-aware and in tune with the feelings of others
• To build and enhance meaningful relationships
• The opportunity to display care
• They put people before policies, processes and politics