Comments on: The Handbook For Teaching Leadership http://wernererhardquotes.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/the-handbook-for-teaching-leadership-knowing-doing-and-being/ Quotations from Werner Erhard Thu, 02 May 2013 22:05:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dale Wilson - Author of Command Performance http://wernererhardquotes.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/the-handbook-for-teaching-leadership-knowing-doing-and-being/#comment-130 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:51:23 +0000 http://wernererhardquotes.wordpress.com/?p=580#comment-130 It sounds a lot like what the United States Army has been doing to develop their leaders. The “BE – KNOW – DO” concept, creating leaders who are competent, confident, and agile, is something that really falls squarely on the words of the last paragraph of your post here. BE, KNOW, DO is:

Be– To be an effective leader you have to be the kind of person people want to follow. This comes down to almost the Golden rule, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Other words would be loyalty, integrity, personal courage; a good set of personal qualities that make a good person. Leadership is about character. It is not a pretense. Honesty, discipline, and duty are paramount for a leader.

Know – Every leader must be knowledgeable. Not only about their job, but everyday things. You have to know what you are asking subordinates to do. It’s hard to lead people into doing things that you can’t do yourself.

Do – The old adage, Follow Me, summarizes the leader’s point of view. You have to do; you have to show the way. Leaders put their skills to good use

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