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Welcome to Light on Leadership! In under two minutes, our newsletter delivers one book recommendation, one leadership action step, and two leadership tips. We know you're busy, so we've designed this content to be both useful and shareable. Enjoy!
In the closing chapter of Leadership Is an Art, Max DePree leaves us with a question that seems both simple and complex: Who is next?
It is easy to focus on today’s demands and challenges, but leadership is ultimately measured by what remains after we leave. Succession is not a future task, it is a present responsibility, and the strongest organizations are built on a steady pipeline of people ready to lead.
This raises an important consideration: what should we be looking for in future leaders? Certainly, competence and knowledge matter. But even more critical are attributes like humility, trustworthiness, sound judgment, and the ability to positively impact others.
Developing people is not an extra part of leadership, it is leadership. It requires intentional investment, providing opportunities, offering honest feedback, and trusting others with meaningful responsibility before they feel fully ready. Leadership growth happens not through theory, but through experience, reflection, and support.
There is also risk in doing this well. If we truly invest in others, we may find ourselves surrounded by individuals who are capable, confident, and even more effective in certain areas than we are. That is not a threat, it is the goal. Leadership is not about preserving your role, it is about strengthening the organization.
The best leaders understand that their legacy is not defined by their daily decisions, but by the support, encouragement, and growth they have provided to future leaders!
👉 Quick Action Step:
This week, invest in one future leader—through opportunity, feedback, and trust.
Book Recommendation:
Leadership Is an Art.
By Max DePree
Purchase this book! https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Art-Max-Depree/dp/B0077EEPTO
Two Tips
If leadership is measured by who is ready next, then influence matters more than title. In this short clip, John Maxwell reinforces what it means to lead in a way that develops others.
“Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader… they set out to make a difference.”
- Lisa Haisha
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