Send him or her this: Why Your Boss is Programmed to be a Dictator
What conclusion do you draw about our society when the majority of bosses are not elected to their positions by their subjugates???
What conclusion do you draw about our society when the majority of bosses are not elected to their positions by their subjugates???
In the context of leading people, who is a leader? There is already a vast amount of material out there dedicated to answering this very question. Most of the material, if not all, states that a leader is someone who has multiple abilities: the ability to inspire, motivate, serve, set visions, craft goals, communicate, delegate, manage conflicts, praise, ?lead from the front?, facilitate, give constructive criticism, empathize, sympathize, be a team-player, and so forth.
These skills answer the question, ?What skills should a leader have?? but do not explain, ?Who is a leader?? The answer to ?Who is a leader?? is profoundly simple: A person who?s been elected to lead by the people he?s leading. We have a different word for someone who assumes power and leads without being elected: dictator.
In organizations today, the term ?leader? is tossed around without any real understanding of the word. It?s important to define ?leader? correctly because it affects how people behave.
How so? There?s a hidden factor that causes people to behave the way they do.