LEADERSHIP

Good leadership requires human qualities, beyond conventional notions of authority. Good leaders are an enabling force, helping people and organizations to perform and develop, which implies that a sophisticated alignment be achieved - of people's needs, and the aims of the organization. Effective leadership does not necessarily require great technical or intellectual capacity. These attributes might help, but they are not pivotal. Good leadership requires attitudes and behaviors which characterize and relate to humanity.

Leadership and management are commonly seen as the same thing, which they are not. Leadership is often misunderstood to mean directing and instructing people and making important decisions on behalf of an organization. Effective leadership is much more than these. People trust and respect leaders, rather than the skills they possess. Leadership is about behavior first, skills second. Good leadership depends on attitudinal qualities, not management processes. People with these sorts of behaviors and attitudes tend to attract followers. Followers are naturally drawn to people who exhibit strength and can inspire belief in others.

Some people are born more naturally to leadership than others. People who want to be a leader can develop leadership ability.

So do you want to be a leader? Or do you have what it takes to be one?