Check Your Commitment to Management Masala's Seven Rules of Leadership

A few days ago MANAGEMENTMASALA posted the SEVEN RULES OF LEADERSHIP. We are following up the post with a check-list for each of those rules to enable you to reflect how much you are committed to those rules and how good a leader you are in the making.

Readers may be aware that in checks like this there are no right or wrong answers. These check-lists are meant as guideposts for self development. You can be brutally frank while checking, because you are not answerable for your answers to anybody except yourself. That way you will benefit most:

Integrity:
What does the word ‘integrity’ mean to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I am a person of integrity?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I am a person of integrity?
What others appreciate me for? Is my integrity one of them?
Why is integrity important for me?
In what way my integrity adds value to my work-life?
In what way my integrity adds value to my personal life?

Principles
What does the word ‘principle’ mean to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I am a person with principles?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I am a person with principles?
What others appreciate me for? Is my principles one of them?
Why are my principles important for me?
In what way my principles add value to my work-life?
In what way my principles add value to my personal life?

Simplicity
What does the word ‘simplicity’ in articulation and communication mean to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I articulate and communicate with simplicity?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I articulate and communicate with simplicity?
What others appreciate me for? Is simplicity in my articulation and communication one of them?
Why is simplicity important for me?
In what way simplicity in articulation and communication add value to my work-life?
In what way simplicity in articulation and communication add value to my personal life?

Respect and trust
What do the words ‘respect and trust’ mean to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I respect and trust others?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I respect and trust others?
What others appreciate me for? Is my respect for and trust in others one of them?
Why is respect and trust important for me?
In what way respect for and trust in others add value to my work-life?
In what way respect for and trust in others add value to my personal life?

Learning
What does the word ‘learning’ mean to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I am a learner?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I am a learner?
What others appreciate me for? Is my being a learner one of them?
Why is learning important for me?
In what way my being a learner adds value to my work-life?
In what way my being a learner adds value to my personal life?

Proactive
What does the word ‘proactive’ mean to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I am a proactive person?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I am a proactive person?
What others appreciate me for? Is being proactive one of them?
Why is being proactive important for me?
In what way being proactive adds value to my work-life?
In what way being proactive adds value to my personal life?

Tough love
What do the words ‘tough love’ means to me?
What are the qualities which make me believe that I blend toughness with love?
What actions and behavior of mine support my belief that I blend toughness with love?
What others appreciate me for? Is tough love one of them?
Why is tough love important for me?
In what way tough love adds value to my work-life?
In what way tough love add value to my personal life?

By V K Talithaya (vktalithaya@managementmasala.com)