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Anyone can be an Average Leader
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Anyone can be an Average Leader

Posted 09-16-2008 at 12:34 PM by veneretio
An Average leader can run an average raid and average things can happen when everything goes average.

A Good leader can run a good raid and good things can happen when everything goes good.

A Great leader can run a great raid and great things can happen when everything goes great.

But a True Leader can take a terrible situation and endure. An average situation and make it good. An okay situation and make it great. A great opportunity and make it amazing.

If you can't lead when everything isn't going great, you can't truly lead.

A leader is defined not by what he accomplishes when everything goes right, but instead what he accomplishes when everything goes wrong.

That's a leader.

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mero12513's Avatar
/Salute. Amen
Posted 09-16-2008 at 01:18 PM by mero12513 mero12513 is offline
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Spoken as a true leader. Should be the first page of a Raid Leader manual.
Posted 09-16-2008 at 01:51 PM by Dranchor Dranchor is offline
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Horacio's Avatar
For a dumb, meat head tank like all of us, you're pretty smart Vene....

I emphatically agree (mainly because my own self esteem depends on it). I've been there, leading amazingly mediocre conglomerations of noobs to at times, respectable progression in relative terms, at least.

We often lament playing with terrible, selfish players and watching them get kitted out in cutting edge gear but seldom do we recognize outstanding players that are diaminds in the rough. Leadership ties in here in many ways.
Posted 09-16-2008 at 02:02 PM by Horacio Horacio is offline
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Perfectly put.
endurence is the key, that's why we tank.
Posted 09-16-2008 at 02:37 PM by BoJlk BoJlk is offline
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Agree with the content. But not the title, I have seen far too many people that can never aspire to being even an average leader.
Posted 09-16-2008 at 08:25 PM by Calamity Calamity is offline
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Well said. There's nothing to add.
Posted 09-16-2008 at 09:43 PM by Arideni Arideni is online now
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The best leaders I've found are the ones that can keep things light and fun while still keeping the raid focused and productive.

No one expects every raid to go perfectly, but if you can maintain a sense of team and avoid the finger pointing syndrome then those 25 people will keep coming back each raid night.

The greatest problem is that True Leaders are few and far between and if a raiding guild only has one of them, burn out is a real danger.

PS - If anyone is not reading Vene's blog at www.tankingtips.com you are missing out on some excellent and insightful discussions.
Posted 09-17-2008 at 07:28 AM by McBash McBash is offline
 
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