(This post is excerpt #3 from my free white paper entitled ‘Taking Leaders to a Higher Level.”  Click here to download the entire this free white paper).

If character is the heart of a higher level leader, and competence is her hands, the third virtue of a higher level leader – courage – is the backbone! No one would ever doubt the courage of former POW and current Senator John McCain, who says “a leader without courage is not a leader.”

Courage is defined as the willingness to act upon your convictions. Convictions, as defined by the leader’s character, are the soul-deep belief and values upon which a leader will not bend or break; it is the leader’s moral line-in-the-sand upon which she will not cross.

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