Leadership Outcomes: Fostering Human Potential

One of the greatest blessings that we have as leaders is the opportunity to help our people approach, if not reach their potential in both their professional and personal lives. When we take time to look for ways in which to encourage learning, to help develop self- confidence through the achievement of goals in an interdependent workplace, we are playing one of the most important roles of our calling.
In his book, Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, Joe Jaworski says, ?Leadership is all about the release of human possibilities. One of the central requirements for good leadership is the capacity to inspire the people in the group: to move them and encourage them and pull them into the activity, and to help them get centered and focused and operating at peak capacity. A key element of this capacity to inspire is communicating to people that you believe they matter, that you know they have something important to give.?
Affirming the value of people is a simple matter when we recognize the benefit it provides and when we remember to take every opportunity to give positive feedback. Jaworski goes on, ?Just being there for others and to listen to them is one of the most important capacities a leader can have.? How true and how effective! Caring for people doesn?t require either great wisdom or great knowledge. Only the desire to make life better for all we touch.