The essence of the warrior leader is in the present taking right action. The warrior leader understands that strengths can be weaknesses and weaknesses can be strengths. By the same reasoning all leaders are followers and all followers are leaders. Understanding the yin/yang concept of polarity versus black and white duality becomes the warrior leader’s greatest wisdom.
Paraphrasing Angeles Arrien in her book The Four Fold Way, the positive aspects of the Warrior Leader are:
- Show up and choose to be present: Being present provides the resources of power, presence, and communication.
- Discern right action: This is about balancing the mind, heart and creative energies into coherent expression.
- Extend honor and respect: Embodying these traits for yourself first will allow you to radiate this out to others.
- Set appropriate limits and boundaries: Use “yes” and “no” to communicate with integrity versus trying to win popularity.
- Protect Integrity: Say what you mean and do what you say to promote energetic integrity and trust from other individuals.
- Promote responsibility and discipline: Leaders must become aware of the consequences of actions taken as well as not taken. Discipline is about being a disciple to oneself, honoring your day-by-day actions with consistency and measured pace.
- Demonstrate right use of power: This is true for any type of leader. Always honoring other people’s free will and choice without using manipulation or domination for a desired outcome is crucial in this leadership quality.
- Be willing to take a stand: Know what your deepest commitment is and bring action to creating that in your communities and on the planet.
- Deliver vibrant communication with right timing: Being passionate about your commitments and sharing that with the world in right timing creates for powerful leadership.
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