Great Leaders Are Not Born, They Are Made

This is our 5th title for this entry given from my beloved lecture, MISS SYERINA.

I agree with statement great leaders are not born but they are made. To begin with, let's start with the definition of leader. What is leader? Simply we can say people who lead people in a group of works. Dr. Paul Helsey defines leadership as "working with and through others to achieve objectives" which means, anyone in a position whose achievements requires the support of others can play the role of a leader.Thus, leader can be anyone, they are not born but they are made. I'll continue with the principles you have to follow in order to become a leader soon.

First of all, to become a leader you have to maintain your absolute integrity. Leadership is about trust which mean people around have to trust you. Are they simply can trust you? Not really. so, you have to get their trust. If they don't trust you completely, they will not follow you in every instance. Instead, they will try to decide in certain situation whether to trust you or not. You may be able to lead in a relatively calm situation. But if you are in a situation that requires you to make demands on others, you must depend on them at this time, and they will hesitate to support you. So, this will cause you to fail because of lack of trust. To be a good leader you have to tackle your people, then you got their trust and finally you are success.

Next, expect positive results. To be a leader, you have to be in a positive minded. Doesn't care variety type of obstacles you faced, you just to be in positive way. A phrases that we always hear, a winner expect to win and losers expect to lose. A leader always want to be a winner. Vincent Lombardi, one of the greatest football coaches of all time said, "We never lose, but sometimes the clock runs out on us." You can expect positive result and still not get exactly what you want. A leader must target the positive result, even though you know you are unable to get the positive result. From research demonstrate, who 'think positive' achieves more wins than losses and overall better result than those that don't. So always be in positive minded, and automatically we will work to get a positive result. Be n mind, your first target is to win.

Lastly, get out in front. Not just say but no action. Leadership is not just sit in an air-conditioned office making decision. You have to go out and talk to you people. In this situation, you must have skill of communication, how to communicate with your people, how to speak out your voice. A leader must have the skill. It doesn't mean that you are leader than you just pick your people to do the job. You must do also.You have to guide them not just give the instruction. A good leader have two way communication with their people. So, not just give an instruction, but do together and guide them.

As a conclusion, a leader can be anyone. Who want to be a leader must have a leadership in their self. We can built leadership in ourselves. Again, I agree with statement that great leaders are not born, they are made.


Happy reading

actually there are a lot principles to be a leader. I just give a few.


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