Leading By Example Research

Lead by example : Reality or Fiction

We all have heard the term "lead by example" and to me many people let the true meaning bypass them. Leading my example isn’t just leading by example its setting the standards, either high or low for everyone subsequent to you .When you set standards that's leading by example. A prime example would be when we are in math learning a new concept the teacher teaches the concept and she gives us an example to give us a visual. This example, for most of us is what we look up to when we begin doing the work on our own. So therefore the teacher is leading by example .An effective leader is what they call a person that “leads by example”.

A true leader possesses the capability of leading by example because they
Leading by example is setting the standards for those subsequent to you. When you set those standards you become a leader and that leader becomes an example. We have many people around us and some of us ourselves set the standards which is the example that we're leading by. I would have to disagree with someone that says leading by example is a fiction because you face the reality of it everyday. Our parents or guardians that raise us, were and still is leading by example. We look up to them when we are in need . Your manager at your work place is leading by example he is teaching and training you so you can be great ,just like him. Jesus was leading by example because he told his disciples to watch and learn for him ;when he isn’t there, they can be just like him. He was their example that they followed when he was gone. These are just a few examples of the reality of leading by example that we face each and every day . In all those examples someone was leading and someone was leading .You have to learn to humble yourself and learn to be sincere as an effective leader because what you do others will do too, they don’t have anything else except your example