Is Leadership An Innate Skill?
The first thought that comes in our minds when we hear the word ‘Leadership’ is the quality to make infinite people follow our guidance or the power to bring about a revolution. And the second thought is a sad sigh because we find ourselves lacking the skills or the drive to become a leader. A popular notion held by most people goes like ‘leaders are either born leaders or work tremendously hard to become one’. Well, we don’t say the above is completely false but we do believe that it is partly true. Because if you join a good leadership training institute, you can acquire the skills and wisdom required to become a leader. Below are some of our reasons to believe that leadership is a skill that can be developed:
- The correct qualities:Becoming a great leader is not that much difficult of a task. One just needs the correct attitude, observation and vision to become an effective leader.This is because you need to continuously gauge the situations and plan accordingly.And yep, you never stop learning when you are a leader, which makes it similar to ‘on-the-job-learning’.
- A people’s person: As a leader, you need to continuously deal with a variety of people. You will also have to agree with your opinions by making them see point in it. But for this and a lot of similar things, you’ll first have to listen to them, understand their needs, basic ideas and their thought-process.
- Building faith: You’ll have to create trust among your followers. You’ll have to be broad minded and a good observer so that you can drive them towards greater good and at the same time, align their expectations with the common goal. This will help in creating faith among your followers and amicably achieve everyone’s targets as much as possible.
- A trend observer and setter: A leader needs to closely observe the changing trends, be it in terms of people’s expectations or the circumstances. By analysing the trends, the leader needs to try to turn the situations in his favour and in that of the ‘common-good’. This way, the leader can set a new trend.
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