Anyone Can Be a Leader?
Of couse…but is their all good to be leader. It is my personal opinion that leaders are made, not born. But I also think that some people are born with more leader-like traits than others.
I give some example that people are born really born to be a leader.
Prince William
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Prince William of England, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Emperor Akihito of Japan are examples of leaders who are born and have the power to change the country. Regardless of their characteristics or personality, these people were born into positions of leadership. They are exposed to various leadership situations, causing them to be influential and in their own rights. I also think that all the leader that have born also
can be good leader to others.
Emperor Akihito
This is principle to be leadership. It call “The Eight Universal Laws of Leadership.”
They come directly research from William A. Cohen
- 1. Maintain absolute integrity. Leadership is a trust. If others don’t trust you completely, they will not follow you in every instance. Instead, they will try to decide each situation on its own merits, whether to trust you or not. If the environment you are in is relatively calm, you may be able to lead without too much difficulty. But if your situation requires you to make real demands on others, at a time when you must really depend on them, they will hesitate to support you. Then the lack of complete trust will be apparent and may well cause you to fail.
- 2. Know your stuff. If you are the leader, those that would follow you don’t care two straws about whether you are good at office politics or not. They want you to be competent and know what you are doing. That’s what counts for them. So, your office politicking may get you promoted, but it will not win the respect of those you want to follow you. Only what you know and what you can do will do that.
- 3. Declare your expectations. You can’t get there until you know where there is. Decide on your “there” and then continually promote your goals, objectives, and vision.
- 4. Show uncommon commitment. You can bet no one else is going to be committed to your goals if you aren’t.
- 5. Expect positive results. Winners expect to win and losers expect to lose. 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 results and still not get exactly what you want. But, research demonstrates that those who “think positive” achieve more wins than losses and overall better results than those that don’t.
- 6. Take care of your people or customers. If you take care of them, they will take care of you. The reverse is also true.
- 7. Put duty before self. As a leader, you have a duty to accomplish the mission you are assigned, and you have a duty to take care of those who follow you. Sometimes the mission must come first, sometimes your followers comes first. However, the interests of both must always come before the personal interests or well-being of the leader.
- 8. Get out in front. This law includes setting the example, and being where the action is. Don’t sit in an air-conditioned office making decisions and call that leadership. Go out and talk to your people. See what’s going on and be seen. That’s leadership!
Finally,
My opinion is the best leaders are the ones which start off doing what they enjoy. It may be through a lot of time for me a leader is made because a person becomes a leader through life and work experiences, through mentors and personal reflection. Leader takes time to develop which they just do the things they enjoy, and then over time are given more official positions, and work their way up until they are classed as a “leader”. Sometimes this happens without you ever realizing. No one is “born” a leader you have to work for it. It’s just that some people’s personalities are more suited to leadership roles but you also can be the leader.
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