lead = guide, demonstrate, show someone the way, by example

Be dedicated to training new employees and influencing experienced personnel, your peers, and leaders.

Our first responsibility is to train personnel and pass on our knowledge and skills. You should always be learning and teaching.

Our next responsibility is influencing experienced personnel, peers, and leaders through direct methods and indirect behaviors.

 Indirect Influence is appraised by the standards leaders uphold in themselves, others, the team, and the organization. You are always on display, so model what you expect from others. 

Be conscious of each person under your charge, and by example inspire them to the highest standards possible.

To be aware of your personnel means you know their names, the leadership and communication style they best respond to, and how they perform daily. You know their skills, talents, weaknesses, and how to deploy them on tasks and projects.

 Setting the example to the highest standards means consistently applying your principles and traits to all circumstances. Demonstrate your expectations of others through personal action and instruction.

Strive to be patient, understanding, just, and firm.

This oath reminds leaders to restrain their power, yield to the process of learning, and to avoid unnecessary conflict.

We are also reminded to be fair whenever applying power, and unyielding when conflict and consequences become necessary to enforce standards.

Commend the deserving and encourage the wayward.

This responsibility of leadership is critical and ties into the earlier example of influencing experienced personnel and leaders. 

Individually and publicly recognizing and validating excellence is as important to morale as privately coaching and disciplining those who fall below standards.

Never forget that you are responsible for the morale, discipline, and efficiency of your people.

Leadership is responsibility. 

Leadership is not authority, position, title, or rank. It is not issued. Leadership is learned and earned. 

Leadership is seeking responsibility and taking ownership for effectively training, influencing, and inspiring others to achieve the highest standard. 

Their performance will reflect an image of you as a leader.

Leaders are measured by their team’s performance as well as the performance of their individual members. 

The team’s morale, discipline, efficiency, and performance are a reflection of their leader’s influence and effectiveness.

BACK-TO-TOP

· Love your people and serve them well.

· Your people want to succeed and do well in their duties.

· You above all are responsible for their effectiveness and welfare.

· Treat everyone with dignity and respect.

· Do not criticize others. Rather, give them a desire to model the highest standard.

· Learn their hobbies, history, and aspirations.

· Learn what inspires, motivates, and gives their lives meaning and purpose.

· Learn their strengths, weaknesses, habits, skills, talents, experience, and limitations.

· Know their efficiency and effectiveness in tasks, problem solving, and teamwork.

· Know how they respond to new instruction, feedback, discipline, boredom, and stress.

· Know when they are not doing well physically, mentally, or emotionally and check on them.

· Instill discipline and hold everyone to high standards of conduct and performance continuously.

· Seek and provide opportunities, promotions, and rewards for individuals.

· Plan and facilitate learning frequently.

· Set challenging goals and coach them along.

· Correct negative attitudes immediately; both yours and theirs.

· Correct rumors and misinformation immediately.

· Resolve coworker rivalries and squash acts of torment and revenge immediately.