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The Principles of Good Leadership

Seven principles you can observe from the outside. Each one can be cited on its own, and they apply whether you lead six people or six hundred.

  1. Principle 1: Purpose

    Whoever leads knows why they lead, and their team knows it too.

    Behaviors 1 · 2Read the principle

  2. Principle 2: Preparation

    Leading can be learned, and whoever leads never stops preparing.

    Behaviors 3 · 4 · 5Read the principle

  3. Principle 3: Trust

    On the team of someone who leads well, people can tell the truth.

    Behaviors 6 · 7 · 8Read the principle

  4. Principle 4: Growth

    Whoever leads well grows people until they can take their place.

    Behaviors 9 · 10 · 11 · 12Read the principle

  5. Principle 5: Sustainability

    Goals are exceeded with people, and their human cost counts as a result.

    Behaviors 13 · 14Read the principle

  6. Principle 6: Self-awareness

    Whoever leads knows themselves, asks for the truth about themselves, and uses it.

    Behaviors 15 · 16 · 17Read the principle

  7. Principle 7: Integrity

    Whoever leads the organization lives up, in their behavior, to what the organization declares.

    Behaviors 18 · 19 · 20Read the principle