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Leaders Are An Endangered Species

By Sanford | October 6, 2008

I read a really great blog the other day asking where have all the leaders gone. Noted author Warren Bennis poses similar questions in his many books. Unfortnately, The Endangered Species Act may cover the Darter Snail, but does not cover leadership, courage, and the moral judgment to know how to conduct business. The blog can be found at http://clickhereformorecustomers.com/, click on ‘blog’ on the navigation bar.

We have witnessed in our life time the complete failure of leadership greed be it ratings in political polls or sheer avarice. The result has been the worst case of “Apres moi le deluge” since Louis XIV, and we all know how that inevitably ended. It is a cliche that “those who cannot remember the sins of the past are condemned to repeat them.” So it has become with laissez-faire in business. It does not work! Trust and reciprocity has broken down and the credit markets siezed up. Moral fiber means caring more about same-sex marriages than about predetory lending.

There is no safety net for small businesses when compared to the big boys. While big corporations get all sorts of protection such as legal protection against stock holder suits, small businesses and particularly personal bankruptcies are harder to recover from. Now is the time to exercise leadership in your business. If not you, no one will do it for you.

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