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Without This, You Can't Lead

The Indispensable Role Credibility

First and foremost, leaders and managers are charged with getting things done. This means gaining the compliance of their people.

While managers can demand compliance, leaders strive to evoke willing compliance from those who follow them.

Indeed, many who are seen as leaders in organizations hold no managerial position on the organization chart. Instead, they are simply respected so widely and so thoroughly that they develop a following.

To gain this following and to maintain it, leaders must be seen as eminently credible. No one voluntarily follows a person with no credibility. Leaders must therefore weigh every decision and every action against the consideration of whether it will strengthen or hamper their credibility in the eyes of others.

This podcast explores the role of credibility in social relationships, professional relationships, and operational relationships. And it delves into the factors which give rise to the reality that without credibility, you cannot lead