Fish rots from the head, as the saying goes...

"Fish rots from the head, as the saying goes. Organizations, too, degenerate from the top. Those who assume positions of leadership need to constantly strive to better themselves and to overcome the tendency to become arrogant." Daisaku Ikeda, in http://www.ikedaquotes.org/leadership.html 

We, human beings, in our growth, look for examples to follow. This is not good or bad, but a characteristic of our nature. We tend to gather in groups, and we constantly look for points of connection amongst each other.

I once heard Fred Kofman talk about leadership in a time when things change so fast that it is common sense to feel that we surely don't know what to do at all times. In his Seminar "Complexity Made Simple", he made me reflect about one of our most important responsibilities as leaders: a leader is not supposed to KNOW everything, but he or she is supposed to LEARN all the time. This simple shift in one's attitude can make all the difference when we want to become positive leaders.

Learn how we are, how we react, how we interact with others. Observe the world around us. Without judgments. Absorb information with an open mind. Be truly interested to understand behaviors that are different from our own. As J.K. Rowling mentions at her speech above, we are able to use our imagination to really generate empathy with others, understand their sufferings and delights. It is a matter of choice: we choose weather to use or not our full potential to improve ourselves, to be better and more conscious people.

Positive leaders make conscious and responsible choices. Positive leaders inspire others. Positive leaders help create a better world for all of us. We all should choose to be a positive leader. We all can do it!