{"id":1078,"date":"2013-10-18T07:40:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T07:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2013-10-18T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T12:30:25","slug":"what-i-need-from-a-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/what-i-need-from-a-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Need From a Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0734.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1082\" alt=\"IMG_0734\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0734-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0734-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0734-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_0734.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have influencers and so do you. So, the following are some traits I need from leaders in my life:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Integrity<\/strong>-a worn out word that represents our culture&#8217;s desperate desire for someone who is willing to do what&#8217;s right, no matter what. This is an area of choice. We choose to have integrity or we choose not to. By-the-way, integrity is not measured in degrees. You either have integrity or you don&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creativity<\/strong>-this is not confined to the painter and musician. It&#8217;s the person who is engaged and willing to try new things. They also are not afraid of making mistakes or being laughed at.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unimpressed<\/strong>-a trait where the person doesn&#8217;t care about titles, office locations or how many letters\/words come after their names. I&#8217;m ok with the titles, I&#8217;m not ok with a leader who needs to wear a title like a name tag.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Humility<\/strong>-same as integrity in many ways. It also represents someone who has been hurt, someone who faced down adversity. These are what I call, &#8220;been to the edge&#8221; leaders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Realism<\/strong>-an ability to dream and yet understand what is in front. A dreamer without realism is often a wanderer. Believe me, I have first-hand experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vulnerability<\/strong>-one of the most difficult traits to live out, but essential in building real trust. I&#8217;m a work in progress in this regard. I&#8217;m glad to meet leaders who are focused on keeping it real and are willing to let me see the losses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Giving<\/strong>-this is not only for charity, it is also related to a mindset. These are people who see other people as gifts from God and are willing to give them a chance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have influencers and so do you. So, the following are some traits I need from leaders in my life: Integrity-a worn out word that represents our culture&#8217;s desperate desire for someone who is willing to do what&#8217;s right, no matter what. This is an area of choice. We choose to have integrity or we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,123,6,7],"tags":[431,15,234,680,593,336,1418,1419,1420,1417],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-commentary","category-coaching","category-leadership-development","category-learning","category-wellbeing","tag-creativity","tag-giving","tag-humility","tag-integrity","tag-leaders","tag-leadership","tag-leadership-traits","tag-realism","tag-vulnerability","tag-what-i-need-from-leaders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1083,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}