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Recessions Require Leadership From the Core!

When the mood in our workplace, at home, orthe sailor had spent bending over a long
in society in general is subdued, the valuewooden table in the bottom of the ship,
of  great  leaders  becomes  apparent.carefully folding the silks and weaving the
shrouds of each chute, each time holding in
How often have you seen individuals who havehis hands the fate of someone he didn't know.
been promoted from one level to the next and
the next and the next based on need and somePlumb then began to realize that along with
extraordinary skills become insecure,the physical parachute, he needed mental,
controlling, stressed out andemotional and spiritual parachutes. He had
un-approachable, especially when theircalled on all these supports during his long
leadership  is  most  needed?and  painful  ordeal.
How often have you lived through situationsAs a leader, how many times a day, a week, a
where decisions are being announced without amonth, do we pass up the opportunity to thank
detailed  explanation  or  reason  why?those people in our organization who are
"packing  our  parachutes"?
Have you been craving for leaders who are
authentic, well balanced between factualI can relate to this story, not only because
knowledge  and  emotional  intelligence?I was a military jet aviator myself and have
been with the guys who packed my parachute. I
Leading from the core is one of those traitsalso relate to it because this core from
that take a lot of development tobecome goodwhich true, successful leadership comes from
at. To get into the right frame of mind, hereis a core of empathy, caring, praise,
is a little story I received today from Tomcharacter,  and  appreciation.
Mathews:
To develop these traits and live them
As a leader, do you honor and appreciate theeveryday in every situation, no matter how
power of WE? Do you stop to thank andbad the problem, how bad the economy, how bad
recognize the members of your team? Do youthe sales, and how bad the approaching
consistently  show  an attitude of gratitude?recession,  a  certain  attitude is required.
I recently read a great story about CaptainThis attitude assumes that every person is
Charles Plumb, a graduate from the Navalgood, trying as hard as he or she can, and is
Academy, whose plane, after 74 successfulwilling to improve, given the proper
combat missions over North Vietnam, was shotguidance. As the leader we want to be this
down. He parachuted to safety, but wasguide who provides support, creates the
captured, tortured and spent 2,103 days in aenvironment to excel, and is willing to take
small  box-like  cell.the blame and responsibility when things
don't work out as we had planned. That is
After surviving the ordeal, Captain Plumbdistinctly different from a manager who takes
received the Silver Star, Bronze Star, thea leaders' vision and strategy and converts
Legion of Merit and two Purple Hearts, andit into processes, policies, directives, and
returned to America and spoke to many groupsrules.
about his experience and how it compared to
the  challenges  of  every  day  life.If you like to learn more about the
development of this core, I recommend Henry
Shortly after coming home, Charlie and hisCloud's book 'Integrity', Jim Collins 'Good
wife were sitting in a restaurant. A man roseto Great', Richard Boyartzis 'Resonant
from a nearby table, walked over and said,Leadership', and John Kotter's 'Our Iceberg
"You're Plumb! You flew jet fighters inis melting'. If you learn better with a
Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.story, you might want to start with Steve
You  were  shot  down!"Farber's  'Radical  Leap'.
Surprised that he was recognized, CharlieIn any case, ask yourself what you can do to
responded, "How in the world did you knowdevelop a positive, resonating, caring core
that?" The man replied, "I packed yourfrom which you operate, help other people
parachute." Charlie looked up with surprise.succeed, and conduct your daily life. As you
The man pumped his hand, gave a thumbs-up,develop this core, you will enable yourself
and  said,  "I  guess  it  worked!"and those around you to come through
adversity, recession, health issues, and the
Charlie stood to shake the man's hand, andchallenges of living and working with others
assured him, "It most certainly did work. Ifwith  flying  colors.
it had not worked, I would not be here
today."Don't forget, they are packing your parachute
- so you better treat them well and
Charlie could not sleep that night, thinkingappreciate their focus and accuracy, so you
about the man. He wondered if he might havewill live another day and have a chance to be
seen him and not even said, "Good morning,the beacon they require for direction in
how are you?" He thought of the many hourslife.



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