As we develop the managers and administrators at our career institutions we continue to focus on the true tenets of leadership.

Here are four such tenets. Though not an exhaustive list, they may serve to put leadership into perspective. First, one must have the dedication and vision to exercise workplace leadership principles in the first place; second, the commitment to stay focused on how vision moves daily operations forward; third, the courage to step up to the plate; and fourth, the accountability to accept the consequences for leadership actions.

Leaders set the pace, provide the support and, sometimes until momentum is established, pull others along with them.