Learning that people are great and will act in their best interest.

“As a man (human)  thinketh in his heart so is he (she)”.  This is a quote that most people have heard before and a good Spiritual leader learns to incorpoate in their leadership style. This brings up the conversation of the difference between the autocratic leader’s style and the style of the facilitative/spiritual leader. In my earlier years of leadership I was criticized for not being enough ” hands on ” with people. It took me awhile to understand that I was being told by old style managers that I needed to be checking on people all the time. When you learn to trust people and work with them through coaching, you learn to draw out their best talents by pointing out their good points and dwelling on their strengths. People will then learn to operate at their best and self correct their mistakes. We are now in a transition in our business culture from old style management to new style leadership. The two styles are almost contradictory and it is difficult for the autocratic old style leader to understand. The new style leader creates a vision, clearly defines expectations, and then lets the team execute the plan. Sometimes we just need to ignore the past and move into the wonderful present.