The simplest definition of a leader is the one who has followers. After all research and analysis of leadership I believe leadership does not have a proper definition to define its complete meaning. Meaning of good leadership can only be understood by understanding the qualities and the role of a leader. The remainder of my paper will discuss about why leaders are different from managers, why people follow leaders, my expectations from my team members as a leader, is leadership learned or innate with examples of some good leaders.
WHY LEADERS ARE DIFFERENT FROM MANAGERS?
Few years back I used to think that managers and leaders play same roles. But later I understood that managers and leaders both play a vital role in an organisation …show more content…
Provide inspiration : John Quincy Adams says “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”(John Quincy Adams, 2015) As john said in his quote that leaders inspire people for their development and better future, leaders work with them and make people learn new things which again inspire them as these all things are for their development too which make them follow their leader.
Teach and learn: Leaders never stop learning. I think as they inspire other to learn more and dream more they themselves also believe in learning and dreaming more and more. They never stop looking for new opportunities and share their knowledge with their …show more content…
I was in the cricket team of my college and once I was selected as the captain of my team. During the inter college competition I was asked to lead my team from my coach and at that time I understood what qualities a leader expects from his team because I was expecting my team to have an attitude of giving their best efforts, sportsmanship and a fair play because single effort of every player will let team do its best performance in the match. Then while taking decisions I was expecting my all team members to be cooperative and work in coordination. According to my past experience of working as leader and present knowledge I believe if I will become a leader in future my expectations for my team will remain same. Then to make them achieve their goals with companies goal will be my task.
IS LEADERSHIP LEARNED OR INNATE
In my opinion you don’t have to born with leadership qualities they can be attained by the experience. There are so many examples around us like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King or other famous leaders by whom we get influenced in our life. We need to have patience and open mind to learn these skills and put them in to real life. There are so many aspects of life where we play a role of parent, team leader, and coach or as any other type of leaders. We can apply these skills of leadership in different roles of life to feel confident and proud as a