Monday, July 18, 2011

A skill set called leadership

Leadership for me is a skill that a person is born with. I guess that people can learn the things that are necessary to become a good leader, but a great and remarkable leader is born with it. I think that leadership has a lot to do with personality, to have the skill of talking and transmitting your message as well as to be able to understand others.

Being able to understand where the people that you are leading are coming from is a big part of being a great leader. Most people in top management positions can’t understand why their workforce behaves the way they do and this weakens their leadership.

Being able to explain things in a way that the workforce understands is also very important. A leader needs to be able to make their decision logical for those who follow. If you can explain “why”, your followers will work forward with you.

I think that some people are born with the skill of listening, understanding and being understood. There is a lot that can be learnt to develop this skill but the really good ones are born with the gift.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with you more on this. Leaders in my opinion are truly born and with maturity they enhance their leadership skills.

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