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Leadership Without Shadows: Inspire Through Transparency and Trust

How openness and honesty amplify ethical human-hearted leadership.

Darren Stehle 🏳️‍🌈
3 min readDec 20, 2024
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In my last article, Leadership in the Taoist Way: Empower Others to Say, “We Did It Ourselves, I suggested that leadership is not about modelling the behaviour of others. Instead, it is about embodying principles that inspire those around you to act on their own.

What I didn’t explore fully in that article were the additional qualities of transparency and trust. These qualities cultivate and reinforce the nature and power of ethical, human-hearted leadership.

The Role of Transparency and Trust in Leadership

Embedded within the six human-hearted virtue practices is the essence of transparency and trust. Let’s revisit these practices briefly:

  1. Non-Contention: Avoid creating unnecessary conflict for the greater good.
  2. Impartiality: Respect the dignity of all perspectives.
  3. Compassion: Act from a heartfelt desire to alleviate suffering (without taking on the other person’s pain).
  4. Yielding Flexibility (Open-Mindedness): Stay adaptable and open to change and new ideas.
  5. Humility (Understanding)

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Darren Stehle 🏳️‍🌈
Darren Stehle 🏳️‍🌈

Written by Darren Stehle 🏳️‍🌈

Empowering compassionate change-makers to share their wisdom with those who need it most, inspiring others to support a common humanity. DarrenStehle.com

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