The Handbook for Leadership

By Dennis AuBuchon

The qualities of being a leader I believe are within all of us as individuals. This book will provide some insight into in understanding whether we are leaders or followers. One important point to make is a question as to whether leaders are born or bred. Leadership involves not only the ability to make decisions but the right decisions for their company and their employees. It is important to present and discuss perception and reality in evaluating our potential to being a leader or whether we by our actions and decisions are leaders.
The answer to that question is both. While there are certain qualities an individual is born with they do not necessarily include those of being a leader. We typically have certain characteristics engrained in our genes and as we progress in life we develop our talents through efforts in school and through the influence of our parents. This country needs new leaders to step up to the plate and provide meaningful ideas that will help everyone. The leaders we have had in the past were great but we need new ones with new ideas that will help us and our country.
Leaders sometimes get in trouble if they do not follow the principles of integrity in all their actions. The influence of the media can enhance a person’s ability to be a leader. Leaders cannot exist without those who follow in most cases. However an individual can be a leader or example to others simply as a result of their work ethic and persistence to do a good job for the duties/responsibilities they are assigned. This is not always easy. Leaders exist in all areas of our economy from the past to the present but sometimes their ideas are met with resistance. It is the job of a leader to convince others their ideas make sense and will work for the applicable topics.
Today there are those that are proposing to make changes in the way we exercise our rights with ideas from the past that have been rejected. Leaders bring new ideas not present old concepts that have failed or have been rejected in the past. While some ideas presented in the past may not have been the right time others have proven that they work in specific situations.
Granted today is a different economy than we had in the past but some of the same successful principles can and should be applied to our current economic environment. The key to our success as a nation are the leaders that come forth to address problems we have in a new way. The public has certain principles and when these principles conflict with ideas of those in leadership positions they must recognize their ideas are not popular and should abandon their efforts to impose them on others.
Leadership involves having ideas and presenting the facts so others will want to follow their lead. It is not about leading in a way to impose their philosophy simply because they can.
There are also leaders in the private sector who have original ideas that will benefit society in approaching problems and the way business operates. These ideas will benefit society as a whole if they are accepted for what they are. Leaders must exemplify positive approaches not negative ones. Negativity only creates situations where individuals focus on the negative and not positive situations that exist. Granted there are cases where the negative is so bad it is hard to be positive about anything. Leaders must help to change these situations where possible to bring a change in the way individuals perceive their situations and those of their family. These ideas should not be radical as to change the political landscape. The past election has seen a new influx of individuals interested in the political landscape. I hope this new interest will continue.
I am not condemning any individuals that are recognized by the public as being true examples of what makes them leaders.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dennis AuBuchon
• Release date: Apr 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463076026

Dennis AuBuchon

Dennis has a background in quality assurance and auditing and is a certified quality auditor with ASQ (American Society for Quality). He has written over 1,000 articles mostly on the topic of integrity and hot topics of the day. Links to articles can be found on his website and hubpages.com. He is not one to shy from controversial topics as can be seen in his articles.Dennis believes in the principle that one person can make a difference and through hisweb site, his articles and his current book he is doing just that. The one key phrase on all his web site pages is quality writing and services to make a difference. Dennis designed his own web site www.myqualitywriting.com which is a resource for other authors to gain exposure for their work. Through his web site Dennis provides marketing information and opportunities to help other authors and the general public. Any person in business can learn from the information on his site through his articles and articles by other authors. Dennis continually tries to help other authors with information on all aspects of the publishing industryDennis has been a part of auditing teams and a team leader. Dennis’ relationship with quality assurance principles and integrity principles can be seen in his commitment to operate his business and web site with honesty, integrity and quality principles. This is evidenced by the fact that he has signed a business ethics pledge committed to treating all stakeholders fairly, with compassion and a commitment to service.

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The Handbook for Leadership

By Dennis AuBuchon

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Table of Contents

Introduction – This provides an insight to the approach taken on the subject of leadership. It identifies the qualities and provides some methods to evaluate whether you or others have leadership qualities.

Chapter 1 – Honesty – The characteristic of honesty is a trait that is lacking in society today or if it exists it is hard to discover who is really being honest and who is only pretending to be honest. This chapter and the characteristic of honesty is an important quality for any leader. The importance and how it impacts the success of a leader is discussed in this chapter.

Chapter 2 – Integrity - The characteristics of integrity which includes honesty is so much more and sadly the characteristics which encompass integrity is needed in society and government today. What actions constitute integrity is provided in this chapter along with the impact of having integrity and those who lack this trait.

Chapter 3 – Communication – Communication as a leader is the key to staying a leader. Individuals who look to others to lead want cross communication. A true leader gets input from others and makes the right decisions based on the input from others. There are positions labeled as leaders but a position does not make a leader it is action and direction.

Chapter 4 – Effective Leadership - Effective leadership involves making decisions for the good of an organization or group of individuals. Being effective means making decisions and getting results.

Chapter 5 – Awareness – This chapter addresses the need for true leaders being aware of their surroundings and what is going on with individuals or groups and understanding how changes impact not only individuals but the function and operational efficiency of the overall organization. If individuals are not happy it impacts the moral of an organization. Leaders must be aware when individuals are not happy with their situations and taking steps to address the issues.

Chapter 6 – Empathy – The definition of empathy and what it represents is important and is discussed in this chapter. The definition identified by Merriam-Webster is: The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.

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