“We need leaders!” we hear that cry everywhere, from the religious, social, industrial and even the political worlds. “Give us leaders!” before we can provide leaders, however, we have questions we must answer: what is leadership? Where are the leaders? How do we identify them? If we lack natural leaders, can we develop leadership qualities in others? If can, how do we do it? But before we answer these question let us go to understand the concept of leadership?
There are many definitions of leadership. These definitions of leadership are somewhat elusive. Warren Bennis writes on “Becoming a Leader” that “leadership is like beauty: it’s hard to define, but you know it when you see it"; and that “The ingredients of leadership cannot be taught.
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It is destiny-filtered, heart grown, faith built. Change is inequitable; not a respecter of persons. Change is for the better or for the worst, depending on where you view it. Change has an adjustment period which varies on the individual. It is uncomfortable, for changing from one state to the next upsets our control over outcomes. Change has a ripping effect on those who won’t let go. Flex is the key. Even a roller coaster ride can be fun if you know when to lean and create new balance within the change. Change is needed when all the props and practices of the past no longer work. Change is not comforted by the statement ‘just hang in there’ but with the statement ‘you can make it’. We don’t grow in retreat, but through endurance. Change isn’t fixed by crying, worrying, or mental tread milling. Change is won by victors not victims; and that choice is …show more content…
Change is charged when you are dissatisfied with where you are. Change doesn’t look for a resting-place; just the next launching point. Change is only a waste to those who don’t learn from it. Change happens in the heart before it is proclaimed by our works. Change chaps those moving slower than the change itself. If you can change before you have to change, there will be less pain. Change can flow or jerk, depending on our resistance to it. Change uses the power invested in the unseen to reinvent what is seen. Change is like driving in a fog – you can’t see very far, but you can make the whole trip that way. Change is here to