THE OVERALL RISK
The greatest risk you will ever face is to lead an unexamined life, for, as we all know, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” We learn through tested Socratic dialogues. We ask the questions for others to answer. That is how they learn. That is how integrity, substance, and character are fashioned. The final secret of leadership success is to come with a beginner’s mind and not as knower but as learner.
The philosophic practice of leadership is encapsulated in the T. O. T. A. L. formula, “to lead is to ‘teach others the teaching of authentic leadership.’” Leadership—practical, results-oriented, bottom-line effective leadership—is to assume the role of education, which makes leadership dialogues the heart of organizational ...
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