The Challenge of Leadership

"Leadership is the conviction to chart new territory, the vision to create a path to success and the compassion to help others along the way." - Sarah Haider

Turbulent times call for a higher level of leadership than calmer times. The winds of change often upset the delicate balance of "comfort zones" and tend to separate the leaders from the followers, or worse, complainers!  Leading in turbulent times is the challenge of the day - how you model your behavior to paint the vision and inspire your team against all odds determines your mettle as a leader. The tragic events of the world have also been catalysts to bringing forth great leaders among us, in recent history, the aftermath of of 9/11, and the way Mayor Rudy Guiliani handled that crisis separated him from the mayors of thousands of other cities:

http://www.schulersolutions.com/change_leadership_lessons_of_r.html

By contrast you have the words and action of Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/24/60minutes/main1933092.shtml

How do you think history will remember Guiliani or Nagin? One rises to the challenge of leadership, the other is looking for excuses for why things are the way they are!

"The price of greatness is responsibility" - Winston Churchill