I went for a Leadership seminar today.
It was really a wake up call.
I was a councillor and I have been to many different leadership courses.
BUT this my friends, this, is special!

After attending alot of leadership seminar I used to think I'm a pretty good leader. Being a servant leader and all. Because, all the seminars tell me stuff I already know.
But after today's seminar. I realise how shallow my idea on leadership was. How inadequate I am.

The example that struck me was the very first one. LEADERSHIP is like an iceberg.
90% of it is below the water 10% above the water. Its like us as leaders, our talents, our skills, these are the 10% that people see. But who are we as a person? What are our morals and ideals? These are the things beneath that people do not see. But these are also the thing that makes or breaks us as a leader.

I'm not saying the 10% is not important. But the 90% is more important. You wow people with the 10% but you influence people with the 90%.

Let me elaborate, The 90% is our foundation. A nice building without a good foundation will topple. But and average building with strong foundations will last.
Like in the case of the titanic. Had the ice berg been a small one, (Just the tip with a small base) Do you think a big ship like titanic would sink? Studies shown that it was the bottom of the ice berg that caused the titanic to sink.

So how did this strike me? I always thought I was a pretty good leader cos I always get the job done and practise servant leadership blah blah blah.. I was doing well in the 10% but my 90% was no where near where it should be.

I tell white lies to cover up for friends, I look down on people, I tease people etc.
These aren't traits of a leader. Thankfully I went for this seminar that helped me get back on the right track. There were other things also in the seminar but it would take up alot of space to write everything.

All in all it was a damn good seminar. It was in a totally different league to those I attended in my secondary school days.

Oh one last thing..
Before go. I said to myself I'll post my core values on my blog x))

Integrity
Leadership
Self-Control
Faith
Courage

Of course these are in no particular order. Its just a guide of how I wanna live my life :DD