Leading with heart-power seems a timid way of doing business to many, but when you are actually manifesting leadership through your heart, you are stepping into your own highest power, the power of your soul.

We all have roles of leadership that we are called upon to fulfill every day, but are we manifesting our leadership through our heart? One of the greatest opportunities to be a good leader is that of a mother or father. As we move out in our circle of influence, we become leaders in our community, in our business and in our world of various interests and hobbies. Each and every person is a leader in many ways and also has the opportunity to be a significant leader for the betterment of humanity.

Poor leadership we are all aware of, a leader who wants to conquer and dominate the world around it. Those who want to conquer by force will only conquer the body of a person, but never the heart and soul. If the soul has not been conquered then nothing has been conquered.

Forceful leadership or leadership of the mind looks at the world with limited eyes and wants to fix the world according to its own ideas. The mind, because it is so connected with the ego, can get us into difficulty at any moment. This is not the best kind of leadership.

Leadership through the heart or we can call it psychic leadership because we sometimes employ our intuition, is the most powerful and highest type of leadership. This leader has inseparable oneness and equality with the rest of humanity. He or she believes that all are equally responsible for leading a particular group, organization or business to deal with challenges and solutions to every day life.

If you are a leader who inspires through the heart, you are accessing your soul-power. You will be inspired by those who are inspired by you. Inspiration always brings forward a person’s highest capacities and reveals the best in that person.

Lead like a goose

A good leader stands by those he leads. We have all heard of leaders in battle who stay by their men until the very end. In the animal kingdom it is the same.

When geese are flying in "V" formation, the whole flock adds at least 70 percent greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. When a goose gets sick or is wounded and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with it and follow it down to the ground level to lend help and protection. They stay with the goose until it can fly again or until it lives no longer. When you lead like a goose leads, you will always be mindful of acting for the greater good.

Examples of poor leadership are found throughout the newspapers and TV but rarely do we see news about one who leads from the heart. Leadership through the heart is one who inspires, motivates, energizes and unites. This leader inspires loyalty and gets results, giving more than he or she expects others to give. This leader stresses cooperation rather than competition. This leader keeps the ego in check and always maintains a sense of humor.

Leadership through the heart is all about opening hearts - of the leader as well as of those who follow. Great leadership is all about team experience which goes far beyond the experience of one individual. A true heart-power leader has the confidence and courage to stand alone in their individual truth. It is said that leaders are much like eagles – they don’t flock, they are only found one at a time.

Excellent leadership through the heart lifts a person’s vision to higher heights and raises the performance and standards of all involved. Manifesting leadership through the heart is an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, a calling forth of what we know as soul-power.