Stand Up for Your Program

No one can be an effective leader unless he or she believes in the mission of his or her organization and has faith that it is making a valuable contribution. The best leaders go even farther: they are effective advocates for their teams—to themselves, their followers, and the broader community. They know backward and forward the case for why their team’s efforts are worth supporting and can convincingly make it to others. This is as true of being the leader of a BCM team as for being the head of any other kind of group effort; in fact, I believe…