Leaders Need To Walk The Talk
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I feel compelled to extend the conversation taking place in Leaders that DON’T:politicians, from Leadership Turn, regarding alternatives to politicians. First let me restate, as I said in We Need Alternatives to Politicians!:
“…politicians just want to get elected and let that cloud their judgment (even many well-intentioned ones, I’m afraid) while true leaders care about their values and ideals more than they do about elections.”
With that said, we shouldn’t just criticize and stay with our arms crossed. We must propose alternatives to solve the problems we all face, and DO something about it. For every issue that confronts us, there are likely hundreds, thousands, or millions facing the same thing. Gather a group of like-minded people and visit the mayor. Organize protests. Raise money for the cause. Produce marketing campaigns which promote your ideals. Start a business that aims to solve or improve a particular social need or problem which affects you. What is important is that you don’t just talk about it. Use your leadership skills to start something.
Identify a need and fill the gap. That is entrepreneurship at its best. Be it for-profit or not-for-profit, local or international, big or small, it’s bound to make a difference. Today’s social evils, as those of any era’s, can’t be solved through one method only. We can’t depend on one great leader like Gandhi or King (though I hope one appears). Many people will think of many different solutions, and there must be a space for all.
I will suggest, though, that what has come to be called ’social entrepreneurship’ can be key to advance many causes. For-profit businesses, specifically, are a great vehicle to accomplish change in many areas. Give it a chance.
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