Commitments Interdependent leaders do what they promise, because they know that people build their hopes around promises. If a leader can t keep a promise they should explain and ask to be released from the promise. Clarify Expectations Interdependent leaders ensure that expectations are always clear and explicit up front. Personal Integrity Interdependent leaders know that integrity generates trust. Failure Interdependent leaders apologise quickly from their heart when they fail, and not just out of pity.
People respond better to leaders who refer to their successes more than to their failures.
The imaginative, symbolic right side of the brain is at least as important as the rational, deductive left. People are concerned about what feels right, and not just about what is logical. But most people are better at remembering stories than facts, better at remembering movie plots than sermon outlines, so leaders must make plans, goals and strategies that are simple and vivid. While leaders would like young people to be motivated from within, because of their love for Christ, the reality is that they often need rewards and incentives before they will get involved in a project. For example, if leaders say that every person on the youth leadership team is important, yet never give them responsibility for tasks, their actions will communicate a different message to their words.