From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership

WHAT KIND OF LEADER WILL YOU BE?

In the simplest of terms, the job of a leader is twofold. The first responsibility is to think about strategy, deciding where the organization needs to go and what it will take to motivate people to get there. The second is to make sure that the team executes and implements the strategy. Unless the organization “makes it happen,” nothing is accomplished, no matter how lofty the goal.

Now the question becomes, what kind of leader should you be? Is it better to focus more on the short term or the long term? Do you delegate or stay really involved? If, as I've stated before, these are all matters of balance, then what is the best mix?

To use a football analogy, a leader may be the quarterback in the huddle calling ...