To serve, rather than to rule. To inspire/motivate people to be and to do their best. To model those qualities you wish to see in others.

28. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People

29. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Leadership as Control:
Authority
Repression
Coercion
Force
Manipulation
Cajolement
Punishment and Reward

30. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Leadership as Influence:
Authenticity / Genuineness
Integrity
Selflessness / Altruism
Sincerity
Acknowledged Dedication /
Commitment
to Shared Human or Corporate
Purpose

31. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
The profound and enduring impact of
five Twentieth Century’s best known,
most influential, most admired leaders
…

32. ICONIC CREATIVE LEADERS
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Pope John Paul
II
Mother Teresa Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Mahatma Gandhi

33. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
… suggests five related conclusions:

34. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
First:
Old ways of leadership –
authoritarianism, coercion, force,
repression, intimidation, punishment
and reward – no longer seem
to attract genuine followership.

35. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Second:
Contrary to the usual view, genuine
and enduring leadership is not so
much about charisma, personality,
lineage, socioeconomic status, or
superior ability.

36. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Third:
Leadership can be contributed by
practically anyone and from
practically anywhere in society or
organization.

37. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Fourth:
The essence of creative and enduring
leadership is the ideals and qualities that
exemplify a person’s life – his/her words
and actions – and, in particular, the extent
to which those words and actions inspire
the best in other people, or create positive
and lasting change in society, business,
and/or government.

38. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Fifth:
People these days are too smart, too
intelligent, too self-driven to be led
(successfully) by force, control,
intimidation, manipulation, or
cajolement.

39. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Bringing Out the Best in Other People
Here’s a selection of provocative insights,
intriguing perspectives, and alternative
proposals brought together to expand public
and global conversations about living,
working, and relating in ways that: