{"id":17408,"date":"2022-10-19T07:57:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/?p=17408"},"modified":"2024-08-03T10:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T17:35:48","slug":"what-is-a-leader-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/golf\/lifestyle\/17408\/what-is-a-leader-really","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Leader Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-17409\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/10\/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/10\/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/10\/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/10\/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/10\/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-2-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><em>(Photo courtesy of Markus Spiske)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>I have long ago come to the conclusion that the best leaders are also the best coaches.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Leadership is simple though not easy. There is no silver bullet so don\u2019t obsess about it. The leader can only get results through other people and is best when people barely know (s)he exists. Leadership is not about domination, but about service. Neither is leadership ever about trying to master or manipulate others for that always ends up an ineffective effort. The question that any leader must answer is \u201cHow can I help my people operate at their natural best?\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo courtesy of Markus Spiske) I have long ago come to the conclusion that the best leaders are also the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/golf\/lifestyle\/17408\/what-is-a-leader-really\" title=\"ReadWhat Is A Leader Really?\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":17409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2107,2109,2248,18],"tags":[2579,1046276,1033616],"class_list":["post-17408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching","category-life-coaching","category-business-coaching","category-lifestyle","tag-leadership","tag-coaching","tag-coach"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2022\/10\/markus-spiske-QozzJpFZ2lg-unsplash-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17411,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions\/17411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}