"The heart of good leadership is sacrifice." In order to be an affective leader you have to be willing to sacrifice things important only to you in order to do what is right or better for the team. You might have to suffer in order for the "greater good" to come to pass. Essentially put the team before the I. Followers usually recognize when you sacrifice your position, time, energy, or glory for them. They may not thank you for it but they are grateful anyhow. There are teams where I am a leader, and there are teams where I am a follower, and I know that when my leader sacrifices their glory for me I appreciate it.
In What ways do you display courage to those whom you influence?
-I really am not a very courageous person. Probably because I rarely find myself in a position to overcome fear. Since courage is overcoming fear, I usually am not courageous.
What does courage have to do with leadership?
-Often times leaders must do new things. Things that are uncharted and that they are afraid to do. They must have courage to overcome the fear and do what they need to do. According to Billy Graham, "courage is contagious." So when one person shows courage, others will follow and become courageous as well. Leaders are the first to be courageous and therefore they inspire others to be courageous as well.
Courage
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