Notes on leaders…

This is a series of my own personal ideas on leaders and the art of leadership. I’ve been compiling this over the last few weeks and will likely add to it as more thoughts arise (similar to my notes on mentors so feel free to bookmark and revisit every now and then to see if I’ve added to it. Leaders are fixers. They are the one’s who see a problem and decide to fix it. Especially the problems everyone else seems to ignore. While everyone else steps over a piece of gum on the sidewalk, the leader finds a way to pick it up and dispose of it properly. Leaders own the problem. Leaders never say, “That’s above/below my pay grade”. Leaders never say, “That’s someone else’s responsibility.” Leaders either fix it themselves or find someone who can and will. You can often spot the leader because they are the ones already doing the work. Leaders often don’t see themselves as leaders. They see themselves as doers. Leaders lead by example. That example is the doing. Leaders are quiet about…