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When You Lead Others, Do Not Lead With Rage

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In general, the profile of a leader can be unique to every person. Each leader can lead with their own specific style, but there are common things that they should not do. One of these things a leader should never do is lead with rage. Leader should never let strong emotion take over his intellect and force him to make irrational decisions. Not only is this not wise but he sets an image for his followers to follow.

Not every follower will follow but some will and this creates a divide among the people supporting him. Some will agree with his fiery speeches and be motivated to follow his course of actions while others will disagree with this mindset and begin to show less and less support for him. As he continues on his campaign of rage, the people motivated by his anger follow in his steps supporting his irrational ideas and the followers that disagree play a key role and this critical time. They can either engage and protest the leader or they can become passive and not take any action at all. If they protest their leaders actions they can begin to break through his rage and speak to his rational side, he can learn that many do not approve or agree. If he does not listen to all of these people and continues to be irrational this can have severe consequences and hurt not only himself, but all his followers.

As these bad consequences take effect it dissolves the relationship between the followers and himself. This is a failure of leadership. A leader should always be engaged and thoroughly think out every consequence of his actions. When a leader does take action it should be done through cool rational decision. It is crucial that he considers his people and every single consequence that may occur.

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