Be A Better Boss Than The One You've Got

It is easy for those of use who are followers or "minions" ( tongue-in-cheek ) to see what leadership is doing wrong, and believing we can do better. Those of us who embody the judge archetype wish to stand up for righteousness and do not much like it when we see people making mistakes or misusing their power. The shadow side of the judge archetype is the person who stands in judgement of others, and criticises them, without becoming the healthy alternative, instead seeking to punish others for their mistakes. I have been that, and it didn't get me very far, especially when I noticed myself doing the same thing in my own business. Check out this video of the candidate Obama, debating the president Obama. Then, read on. 

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"The old saying we become what we hate applies here. It is a sad truth that leaders of revolutions - political, social, economic, the little revolutions within the corporation or the voluntary organization - once they have ousted the tyrants and the oppressors ( often by violence and terrorism ) become themselves the new tyrants and the new oppressors. It was often said in the 1960s that the leaders of the peace movement were just as tyrannical and just as violent as those they fought against." 


- Moore and Doucette, King, Magician, Warrior, Lover

It is easy to judge and criticise someone else in a position of power from our comfortable couches. It is another thing to be willing to do better ourselves, and step in to the person we would want to become instead, and give an example of leadership others aspire to. Only then will we realise the pressures that come with that power. And maybe we will realise that seeking power for the sake of power is not what we really want. So who are you being called to become? Look at those people you criticize, what do you criticize them for? What is the opposite? For that is who you are being called to become and is the person you can begin to step in to right now.

Your compassion, your courage to speak the truth, and you walking the talk, will inspire leaders to be better, and will build your own strength as a leader. I have watched many clients who struggled with leadership, inspire the leaders to change, by their own willingness to change. The true leaders are not the ones at the top of the organisation, but those who are examples to their equals, and to management. 

"If we are accessing the Warrior appropriately, we will be energetic, decisive, courageous, enduring, persevering, and loyal to some greater good beyond our own personal gain. If we are accessing the warrior in the right way, we will, at the same time that we are "detached", be warm, compassionate, appreciative and generative. We will care for ourselves and others. We will fight good fights in order to make the world a better and more fulfilling place for everyone and everything." 

- Moore and Doucette, King, Magician, Warrior, Lover