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Ubuntu, from the Zulu and Xhosa languages, means “I am because we are,” as South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu translates it. (Other translations have it as, “A person is a person through other people.” But that’s not quite as catchy.)

Ubuntu — I am because we are — is an appropriate mantra for leaders. It crystallizes a wonderfully inspiring attitude to hold toward all associates in the organization that you jointly serve.

A leader can be no more successful than the quality of the trust and relationship between the people she leads. And so the spirit of ubuntu, of humility and connectedness, permeates a good leader’s every relationship — and all healthy relationships.

Source: Don Blohowiak, Clarifier. Catalyst. Coach.