| Pub. Date | : March, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Product Name | : Effective Executive |
| Product Type | : Coaching and Mentoring |
| Product Code | : EECM11903 |
| Author Name | : Dan Coughlin |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Management |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 03 |
What do leaders have in common? It turns out to be not very much. There are male leaders and female leaders; tall and short leaders; loud and quiet leaders; extroverted and introverted leaders; rationalist, idealist, artisan, and shepherd leaders; leaders with big, fancy titles at big corporations and leaders with no titles who do volunteer work; famous leaders known by millions and family leaders known by very few people. I could keep going with the differences between leaders, but I think you get the idea. So what do they have in common? What is the basic prerequisite of leadership?
Let us start with a definition. Definitions help define what is meant within a word and what is outside of that word. I define leadership as "influencing how other people think so they make decisions that improve results in a sustainable way."
Based on that definition, just having a title does not make a person a leader, regardless of how big the title. This is a common fallacy to think that a person is automatically a leader because of his or her title.