King sher Leadership
1st September 2021
Kingfisher Leadership news Leadership Credibility
Some important signs of credibility in leadership: • Credible leaders are CONSISTENT in what they say and in how they behave
Credibility is di cult to de ne. If you have it, people will follow you and be inspired to rise to great heights of personal courage and sacri ce - just take a look at 2 Samuel 23 as an example. If you don’t have it, then it does not matter if you have the greatest plan ever, or the most senior position, people will not follow you - at least not wholeheartedly.
• Credible leaders always pursue HONESTY, even when they are not at liberty to share con dential matters. They are People will honesty, too, about their mistakes. not follow
your idea unless they choose to follow YOU
• Credible leaders do not lead from a distance; they CONNECT with people ! Credible leaders display FOLLOW THROUGH. Anyone can talk a great story, but credibility comes from staying the course and seeing something through to completion."
In other words, credibility is the vital factor in the area of in uence. As we seek to grow as leaders, in uence is of key importance. We want to in uence our families for good, we want to be a positive in uence at work and so on. To be a positive in uence, we need to grow in credibility. Credibility comes with time - even the greatest leaders struggle to get people to follow them at rst. And therein lies the key issue: people will not follow your idea unless they choose to follow you.
Credibility is won or lost over a period of time, and the good news is, even when we lose it, it is possible to regain it. That journey towards increased credibility is well summed up by the following: Watch your thoughts, they become words Watch your words, they become actions Watch your actions, they become habits Watch your habits, they become character Watch your character, it becomes your destiny (Frank Otlaw)
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