And leadership is even more lacking in our personal lives. We’re into managing with efficiency, setting and achieving goals before we have even clarified our values.
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As individuals, groups, and businesses, we’re often so busy cutting through the undergrowth we don’t even realize we’re in the wrong jungle. And the rapidly changing environment in which we live makes effective leadership more critical than it has ever been—in every aspect of independent and interdependent life. We are more in need of a vision or destination and a compass (a set of principles or directions) and less in need of a road map. We often don’t know what the terrain ahead will be like or what we will need to go through it; much will depend on our judgment at the time. But an inner compass will
always give us direction.
But leadership is hard because we’re often caught in a management paradigm.
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. And this can best be done in the context of the week.
(Covey, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, p.168)
The basic task of leadership is to increase the standard of living and the quality of life for all
Stakeholders.