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It’s easy for a leader to demand results, establish standards, and point out where others have fallen short. It’s considerably harder to look in the mirror when something goes wrong and ask a much more uncomfortable question:
What part of this belongs to me?
That’s where leadership begins.
Last Thursday Reuters reported that Pima County Sheriff Chis Nanos was denying the FBI access to key DNA evidence in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case. Specifically, he chose to use a private lab, rather than the FBI forensics lab at Quantico, to analyze the glove investigators recovered. What if Sheriff Nanos isn’t stupidly impeding the investigation, but thoughtfully protecting it?
Is leadership a process? Processes have inputs and actions/activities that produce outputs. In virtue-based leadership, the inputs are Virtue, Competency, and Candor. The outputs are Integrity, Truth, and Trust.
Political leaders often find themselves surrounded by sycophants, individuals who prioritize pleasing the leader over providing honest and critical feedback.