In today's society much news has been generated in regards to the Black Lives Matter Movement throughout the United States. Leadership Development is a crucial next step in the Black Lives Movement.
We can learn much from the determination of African Americans in the United States in their groundbreaking campaign to use their influence to get the first Black President of the United States (Barack Obama) duly elected to the highest seat in American Politics.
As a leader on a regional level for many years serving on many committees of a local chapter of the national organization 100 Black Men of America, Inc., and now serving as the Founding President of the first African American Chamber of Commerce in NY State serving on a regional level in one of the most influential regions in the U.S. I see the need to invest in leadership development on a large scale in the African American Community.
Peter Ferdinand Drucker, an Austrian-born Management, Consultant and Educator the foremost authority on business often spoke about "Managing Oneself" as an essential of developing exceptional leadership. No community can afford to rest on its laurels, as the need to develop leadership on an ongoing basis is critical to developing sustainable communities.
Leadership development entails study of leadership principles, application of those principles, analysis of what works, and the ability to have vision. Leadership is an ongoing practice which requires the use of sound judgement and skills to accurately access the problem at hand or the see the opportunities for potential that a unique situation is presenting to us at a particular moment and space of time.
One core principles of leadership is that leaders show up and use their keens sense of hearing, seeing and feeling in all situations that require the use of their leadership skills. Leadership development should start at the onset of life and be constantly developed well into the golden years.
Black leadership matters not only to African Americans in the U.S., but to all of America. As we improve specific segments of America we impact all segments of society where they operate whether that area is social, political, economical, or spiritual.
Leadership often is reactive, but leaders must seek to take a proactive approach in all such matters where a keenly developed sense of vision must be cultivated which comes with time, study, experience, and application tempered with the highest level of judgement by bringing to bear everything that one has learned and can learn at that particular point of decision making.
Phil Andrews, President of Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. has appeared on WABC Here and Now.