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April 26, 2018 By Haylee Moore Leave a Comment

You Lead – I follow : Are you a Leader or a Boss?

You Lead - I follow : Are you a Leader or a Boss?

I’ve been spending a lot of time researching WHAT it is that makes a good leader and why some are better than others.  I would imagine that ultimately their intentions are all the same.  They all have an ultimate goal towards which they are working.

While driving kids to/from activities this last week I had a moment of clarity.   My kids were watching He-Man at the time – thus, the analogy.

Leader Analogy:

You could use ANY characters you want (Dumbledore & Voldemort, Luke Skywalker & Darth Vader for example) to emphasize the point – but I’ll stick with He-Man for this exercise.

It occurred to me that Skeletor WAS a leader.  It hadn’t thought about it before but He had followers and people that did his biding.  To them – he was their leader.  His objective (though not admirable) – was to take over Castle Greyskull and defeat He-Man.  For some reason – his followers were loyal to him.  Although it definitely wasn’t because he was kind to them.  In fact, most often he is rude, degrading and even “evil” toward his own followers.  Perhaps they joined with Skeletor because they had felt “wronged” by He-Man, or maybe they just wanted to be a part of something and working for Skeletor satisfied that.  Maybe Skeletor had blackmailed them or put a curse on them or their family members.  The reason truly doesn’t matter – but sometimes it helps us to look at possibilities so our judgement of others isn’t so harsh.  In fact, many of us may look and say – WHAT were they thinking!! WHY would they team up with Skeletor!  WHY are they following him?

He-Man was also a leader.  He led with kindness – always in search of the RIGHT thing to do.  His objective was to keep balance in the Universe.   Truth, fairness and courtesy were also things he “fought” for.  He took time to build up those around him.  He found ways to complement and empower them.   He led them to each fight – fighting right alongside them.  This made him an incomparable leader.  He had no need to force his followers to do anything.  They longed to be like him and to help save the universe.

Choices

In our lives today – lines are blurred.  Where we can look at many fictional examples and immediately tell which is a “good” leader and a “bad” leader – Choosing who to follow today is not that easy.  The GREY area is vast and encompassing.  Today, many of our choices often mirror the “Good, Better and Best” Mentality.  There is good in all of us, even Skeletor, even if its very deep down.

A great example would be Hitler.  As a Junior in College, I was able to watch live footage of Hitler speaking.  I sat in the audience knowing full well – who he had become and what he had done.  However, as I sat and listened – it made me sick to my stomach to realize that if I had heard him speak – I, too would have been inclined to follow him.

We have to make choices that align us with those (leaders) that are choosing the BEST – not just the good.  We rally toward leaders who make us want to be better and inspire us to reach beyond our comfort zones.  Those who enforce or increase our workload to make themselves feel important quickly loose our support and loyalty.

Conclusion

I guess I’d just not considered that the “bad” guys were leaders.  They certainly weren’t leaders that I wanted to follow or become like.  In all truth, I wouldn’t use the word leader in reference to them at all.  I would instead use the word boss. He-Man – Leader.   Skeletor – Boss.  Darth Vader – Boss.  Luke Skywalker – Leader.

LEADER

  • Build & Empower Others
  • Led the way – working WITH his followers
  • Gives Credit where credit is dueman puppet, leader or boss, leader or follower
  • Highly Respected by all
  • makes decisions based on compassion
  • Honest – almost to a fault

BOSS

  • Tells others what to do.
  • Often rude, degrading, unkind
  • must be done HIS way
  • Takes credit for everything!
  • Most are AFRAID of him.
  • It’s all about him – totally impersonal toward others.
  • Okay with fudging the lines – even deceitful

In the end – it all comes down to what YOU long to be.  Do you want to be known as a leader or as a boss?  Wherever you are on the spectrum right now – there is ALWAYS room for improvement.  Start with something small.  You can do anything you set your mind to.  BE A LEADER . . . you’ll never believe what’ll happen in your life when you make this one decision.

So, BE A LEADER . . .

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