| A Leadership Foundation |
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The 2007 BLTW curriculum focused on the differences between effective leadership and enduring leadership. It explains that there is nothing wrong with effective leadership - all leaders need to be effective in their role. But, being effective is not enough. Great leaders are both effective and enduring. |
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Three steps to enduring leadership are outlined: |
- Embody the traits of a values-based leader
- Engage the members of your organization
- Empower your successors to carry out the long-term vision
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Enduring leadership must incorporate all three of these ingredients. Trying to lead a team without first embodying the values which you profess is hypocritical. The organization will eventually look for new leadership. Trying to lead an organization without properly engaging the buy-in of its members will also generate poor results. Failing to empower your successors to properly carry out the vision after your term is over will lead to the fizzling of the short-term movement that you tried to create. |
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More on Effective vs. Enduring Leadership |
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Enduring Leadership - The Concept of Eras |
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The principles above coorelate directly with the Quaestorship Pyramid that was presented at BLTW and the Three Great Aims of our Fraternity: |
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Embody ~ Leadership ~ Justice |
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Embodying the values of your organization is really just leading by example, isn't it? Of course, the mutual expectation that the leader must live up to all of the same standards as the rest of the group's members is justice. |
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Engage ~ Operations ~ Friendship |
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The engagement of your organization's members in the planning and execution of your programs is what makes your operations excellent. Without willing followers, a person is not really a leader, right? Of course, engaging your members is act act of friendship which further develops those bonds between each of you. |
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Empower ~ Mentorship ~ Learning |
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Identifying, engaging and empowering your successors to which you will "pass the torch" when your term expires is the first step of the mentorship process. The next step is, of course, to continue to be a resource for those successors once they have taken over your role. In turn, mentorship is one of the best forms of learning for both the guide and the successor. |
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