The Leadership Minute #39
Character Traits of a Leader: Candor
Candor is the quality of being open and honest in expression. Frankness, unreserved, sincere, and passion. It's a little bit of everything.
Think about it, if you can be open and you can be honest with those that you lead, those that follow you, guess what? They are going to appreciate it that much more coming from you. You are not pulling any punches and nobody wants a leader that pulls punches. A leader that pulls punches is a sign of a bad leader.
As a leader, you want to be able to go in and rip the band-aid right off. Obviously, there are going to be times when sincerity and restraint may be called for but for the most part DO NOT pull any punches.
Be open, be sincere, be passionate about what you say and be frank.
Everybody appreciates candor. Everybody expects candor. Sometimes there will be those few that say they want candor but they don't want it. That's OK because in the long run, candor is what everybody needs.
You as a leader, them as followers, them as future leaders, everybody wants it, everybody needs it, most of all everybody should expect it.
Thank you,
David Guerra
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