LEADER

Definition of Leader:
The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country.

Synonyms of Leader:
Head, commander, figurehead, controller, chairperson, convener, director, elder, etc.

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Love in fellowship.

Am I a leader or a follower?
I am responsible for where I end up.

If I choose to be a follower, I’d better follow leaders who know where they are going. And I had better know where they’re going.

If I choose to be leader, I’d better know that I’m responsible for getting myself on the right path. I also must be honest with my followers, so they can make good choices, but I must give them the truth.

Being a leader doesn’t always mean that I know where I’ll end up. But it can mean that I know I’m on the right path, following the lead from my Higher Power—one step at a time. –Keep It Simple | More…

We are apt to warp the traditional idea of “principles before personalities” around to such a point that there would be no “personality” in a leadership whatever.

A leader in A.A. service is a man (woman) who can personally put principles, plans, and policies into such dedicated and effective action that the rest of us naturally want to back him up and help him with his job. –As Bill Sees It | More… (p.224)

Prideful or angry people can sometimes be dead right, when the calm and the more humble are quite mistaken. –Bill W. 1959/Grapevine