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How to turn the core leadership functions into skills ■ 55

Now, as I have already mentioned, there is a distinction
between ‘good leadership’ and being a ‘leader for good’,
although it is not one I would want to press too far. You should
set yourself the ideal of being both. For only ‘leadership for
good’ works with human nature in the long run.

What is a good example? Again, the three-circle model can help
us. Look at ‘Key questions for good leadership’ in the box
below.

One very powerful form of leading by example is sharing fully
in the dangers, hardships and privations experienced by the
team. What do you think of the chief executive and board of
directors of an ailing, publicly quoted company who voted
themselves a 60 per cent pay rise while downsizing the work-
force and insisting that the remaining staff accepted only 2 per
cent (less than the rate of inflation)?

Key questions for good leadership

■ Task. The core action of going out in front on the journey in
order to show the way is a form of leading by example. How
can you ‘lead from the front’ in your field?

■ Team. As a builder and maintainer of the team you need to
maintain or change group standards – the invisible rules that
hold groups together. How can you develop your team’s stan-
dards through the power of example?
■ Individual. Think of each team member as a leader in his or
her own right. Each should be a leader in his or her technical
or professional role, and a ‘three-circle’ contributor.