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My take on leadership
Exercise these 12 roles with care and you will be surprised by how many admire and understand why your firm has grown so successfully.
R ecently, I received an article about a project in my hometown of Longview, Texas, regarding efforts to restore the historic cabin used for meetings by Boy Scout Troop 201, of which I was a member. It is the oldest troop in the state of Texas currently celebrating its 102nd anniversary. We even had Texas Governor Abbott as a member. And now they have me as a volunteer assisting in the effort to restore this important symbol of my youth.
Stephen Lucy
I entered Troop 201 at age 11 as a Tenderfoot and left at age 17 as an Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader, the top youth leadership position. In addition to the normal Scouting activities, I also attended multiple leadership development courses as both a student and an instructor. It was through these experiences and the examples set by Mr. V.G. Rollins, our scoutmaster, that I had my first exposure to leadership and the traits of a good leader. Fast forward and now I am CEO of JQ Engineering. In that capacity, I wear many different hats and assume many different roles
as the leader of the firm. However, the roles are not radically different than those engrained in me during my youth. Not surprisingly, just like the 12 principles of the Scout Law, I have identified 12 roles that reflect the responsibility and value of being an effective leader, and how we as leaders should treat others in positive and tangible ways. 1) Teacher. Be a teacher for all the life experiences you have had at work, ranging from technical to management to business development skills. Transferring your knowledge to others is the first step to building your firm’s culture and your legacy.
See STEPHEN LUCY, page 10
THE ZWEIG LETTER December 30, 2019, ISSUE 1325
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