What are the three Cs of authentic leadership?
(Back to top) Good leaders are made not born. And, someone can be a good business leader across various industries or settings. Leadership success, therefore, is more a function of personal qualities rather than expert level knowledge of the field. I believe business leaders must excel at three key functions: the three Cs — Container, Communicator, and Cultivator. Container — An effective leader must be a steady, firm but flexible, container of the emotional stimuli being generated inside and around him. Planning and action must be supported and guided by self-knowledge and self-management. He must tolerate uncomfortable feelings; “contain” them and draw valuable information from them that help interpret what’s going on in the environment. A leader who does not possess the ability to serve as a container will act blindly and impulsively as a way of getting away from uncomfortable internal feelings – as when a company CEO pushes unwise expansion to combat irrational personal feelings
