A Guest Author's Take On What Makes Good Leadership Qualities 

(Editor's note about the author: T.O. Illustratio is a free lance writer and observer of the interaction of personalities in everyday life. The author seeks to inspire readers to look within themselves to see how much good they can do in this world when a definitive purpose in life is clear.)

"We've had it mostly our own way for a few years now. Our success ratio in buying helpful legislation has enabled us to further our goal of a sheep-like following, content to give up personal freedoms in exchange for allowing us to 'take care of them.' Lest we sit back on our laurels however, it is prudent to look at some challenges that are creeping up on us. There are still too many questions being asked, and we don't do well with questions. So we'll give you some advice here in the form of a question. 'What makes good leadership qualities?'

You need to know these facts to give you an inside track on heading off these disempowering qualities. Armed with this inside information, you will easily be able to scare off most potential leaders with a healthy dose of fear. Fear of failure, fear of being ostracized, fear of taking a risk. Of course, cash is always a good way to move people off their values and moral compass. All part of the investment in our end goal.

You should also realize that some of our foes will be so resolute in their courage and so locked on to the silly notion of leadership and personal accountability that you will not be able to sway their misguided thinking. In these cases, simply use our fallback plan to discredit any opposition.

The rise of social media has made our task much easier as we are now able to multiply our efforts by cleverly seeding the minds of the less-informed with suggestions of loss of rights or unfair treatment. Specific examples of such malfeasance isn't necessary, nor even advised. Be vague at all times and don't be afraid to use blatant dishonesty. You always have the cover of 'freedom of speech' to shield yourselves.

So you are aware of what makes good leadership qualities, we've broken them down into two groups. We all know that leaders are made, not born, so our opportunity is wide open, assuming we are skillful in our approach. The first group of qualities would be considered personal and the second, the result of development of the first.

What Makes Good Leadership Qualities?

In this first quadrant, you'll note words that cause us the majority of our problems. Don't assume any of our best minions are safe from these traits. Indeed, if someone were to ask, 'What makes good leadership qualities?', examples could be made of formerly useful position holders who were influenced by honesty, moral compass, and compassion and swung away from our service.

We put these in order of disservice to our effort because a person who is honest and transparent is our most difficult challenge. If someone is transparent about their feelings, failures, and vision, they will attract more people to their cause. Honesty leads to integrity and an almost impenetrable moral compass that will always do as they see is right, just because they believe it to be right.

They will act on compassion and effortlessly work to help people in need. They won't blink when new challenges to their 'good intentions' come upon them. Instead, because of their initial honesty and humility, they will develop new skills and new creativity that will influence unshakeable passion and the resulting courage. They will be grateful for all opportunities and genuine in their thankfulness for all who join them.

And they will be accountable for their own actions. One of our best tools is 'not my fault.' When we can get people to blame everyone else for their troubles, we have won them over. Their hand will be out forever and we will control them.

But let them get too close to someone who displays some of these leadership qualities and we are in danger of losing them to the side that will tell them they are capable of standing on their own two feet, becoming responsible and free. Don't let that happen.

The Second Block of Leadership Qualities

As you can recognize from your own experience, the second list is what is developed from the personal traits. Unfortunately, those who embrace these undesirable personal qualities will often seek to share them with other people in the name of serving the greater good.

We still have possibilities to discredit them even at this stage, but it's much more difficult. They will have earned the respect of their peers and will be emboldened by their passion to inspire others to lift themselves up. Such influence, coupled with a shared vision of hope could hamper our efforts.

We'll always have the advantage of numbers, both in available cash to buy their will and in numbers of people who look for the path of least resistance. We've succeeded in recent years on college campuses, inflaming emotion to cause them to destroy property and injure bystanders, all the while not really knowing what they are inflamed about.

But our researchers are alerting us to a disturbing trend within this age group to ask more questions and wonder if they are being misled. We want them to be blissfully unaware of such things and simply go along with our siren song of giving them what they deserve.

Should they become aware of what makes good leadership qualities and then begin to embrace those qualities, the tide will turn and we'll be looking at a national epidemic of personal accountability and passionate leadership principles that support empowering people to be all they can be and then pay that forward to the next generations.

We've worked too hard to have the sheep recognize the facts."

Written by T.O. Illustratio

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