An Army lieutenant
was leading his platoon of soldiers in an operation when they were suddenly
ambushed by the enemy. Everyone took cover and firing at the enemy at the same
time. They suddenly saw a wounded comrade who was about ten meters away from
them shouting for help.
The lieutenant
suddenly shouted at his soldiers and said: “Cover fire me and throw smoke
grenades because I will go and rescue our comrade.” So they did and the
lieutenant stealthy maneuvered his way to the wounded soldier. Upon reaching his soldier the lieutenant
assisted his wounded comrade and they both successfully extricated themselves
from the claws of danger.
By the courageous
leadership by example of the army lieutenant and with the support of his
soldiers. He successfully executed the very dangerous rescue. This army
lieutenant is an epitome of a true leader because he shows and leads the way.
In essence organizational
leaders are no different from military leaders. What only separates military
leaders from organizational leaders are the rigid training and the firearms at
their disposal. Therefore, to become a
successful organizational leader/manager one has to show and lead the way and
he must know his job very well.
An organizational
leader/manager should not only give orders and then do nothing she should be at
the forefront so to speak. For example, if the volume of work is enormous that
it would need overtime work. The
leader/manager should also render overtime work and lead his subordinates in
accomplishing what is to be accomplished.
If the
leader/manager always shows and leads the way, he would also quickly earn the
respect and admiration of his subordinates. The same subordinates would always
be at his beck and call whenever he needs them. Why is this so? For the simple
reason that the leader/manager has already earned the respect of his
subordinates.
What if the
leader/manager will not lead and show the way? He simply sits down while giving
orders and doesn’t take his leadership/managerial position with responsibility.
His subordinates will surely not respect him and they will be like headless
chickens running around without discipline and purpose. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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