ACCOMODATE

 True leadership is available, open and accommodating to people, new ideas and ultimately better ways of existing.  Leaders accommodate any and all ideas of change.  Effective leadership does not accommodate the concepts of maintaining, staying where we are, norms and old ways.  Accommodating leaders do not enable, but rather demonstrate receptiveness to different ways of seeing things; different ways of doing.  Leaders that accommodate all, listen to all and do not shut down critique, feedback or opposition.  Indeed opposing views, and new ways are encouraged and time is made to understand and accept systemic improvement.  Everyone’s ideas and everyone’s thoughts are wanted always.While true leadership accommodates questioning and the pursuit of understanding by others; they do not accommodate execution without consensus.  Feedback and input regarding his/her people may be heard, but those are the leader’s people and they are shielded and protected.  Leaders see and understand the need for teaching, patience and relationship building.  Leadership is accommodating and totally willing to spend the time in the short-term to address the long-term vision and good of all.  Leaders that are seen as natural-born are the ones who spend the time, take the time and make themselves available to their people.  They want and see their people’s personal business and problems as the leader’s business.  They care and don’t ask people to leave their personal problems at the door; rather, they accommodate people and all that comes with them.  The real leader accommodates learning always - such as these great eight ways of viewing leadership.  He/she takes on new information and incorporates it into the continually growing Leadership Toolbox.