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The 5 Cs of Leadership
Development
The 5 Cs
There are five important qualities that all leaders posses, and
they are all present at the time a child starts to play with
others. As the child grows, the characteristics start to take
shape and help lead him or her to their ultimate leadership
roles. These five qualities are confidence, creativity,
compassion, courage, and conviction or charisma.
Confidence
A true leader instinctively knows how to lead. Of course, this
is a leadership development quality that must be practiced,
attempted, and refined throughout someone’s life. However,
knowing they can lead their team to victory or knowing they can
organize and meet the monetary goal for the charity sale is the
sign on a true leader. In addition, if there is an argument
over who should be leader, a good leader knows to step back; it
is sometimes through the perception of others that they will
gain ultimate leadership.
Creativity
Leadership development involves a great deal of creativity. A
true leader is not afraid to try to new things. The lead car
sales representative may not be the one who sells the most
cars; he may be the one that sells only two very expensive
cars. There is something to be gleaned from that analogy. He or
she knows how to use the available energy.
Compassion
Compassionate leadership development is necessary in today’s
workforce. Gone are the days where employees work for decades
at the same company, regardless of the conditions. Today,
employers deal with single parents, expensive childcare, sick
children, no insurance, and poverty level conditions. A leader
is the workforce who cannot or does not show compassion toward
employees and their dependents will soon find themselves a
leader of none.
Courage
Very early in leadership development is the courage to stand up
for what you believe in. A leader has a passion—and can embrace
the sympathy of others to follow that passion. Of course,
leaders are not all perfect people—there are many leaders (i.e.
Charles Manson) who are very bad people, but they were
fantastic leaders. There are also very effective leaders in
every war—they are not liked or celebrated, but they had the
courage to fight for their beliefs.
Conviction or Charisma
Leadership development also includes the ability to charm a
crowd, one person at a time. Whether campaigning for human
rights, same sex marriages, or free speech, an effective leader
knows how to charge the audience. Many religious leaders
exercise leadership development skills through song and verse
to incite the audience to their cause.
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