ARE LEADERS BORN OR RAISED

The definition of leadership is beyond the lecture of gathered facts in conferences, office settings and other mediums.

Is everyone called to be a Leader?

What if somebody never realizes he is a leader?

If you pick the right people and give them the right opportunity to spread their

wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it; you almost don’t have to

manage them.” Jack Welsh

Is there anything like a ‘born leader’?

Well my submission may overrule this long celebrated cliché – “I am a Born Leader”

Leaders are not given birth to so to speak  but are raised. The efficacy from the intuition of “ A born Leader” is the underlying  fact that every human being is embedded with greatness.

The challenge in the continent of Africa is that we attribute greatness to leadership. There are great names but there is no iota of leadership traits in some people. Leadership is the motherboard of greatness. It is the misappropriation of this notion that is why ‘rich personalities’ are given government appointments with no regard of their competence.

This little piece seeks to disabuse the mindset of ‘I am a Born Leader’ syndrome. This notion has made many people lay by without much efforts to take responsibilities to reach out their world with their potentials.

There are several schools of thought about the concept of leadership.

  Leaders have a vision and a sense of mission that lifts up and inspires men and women to help achieve that mission Brian Tracy.

While personal maturity may mean being able to see beyond yourself,

leadership maturity means considering others before yourself. John C. Maxwell

Whoever wants to be a leader has to develop himself or herself with inbuilt capacity to handle the task ahead. You cannot claim to be a leader if you are shallow, not current and insight in handling responsibilities with very lower standards.

To be a leader, you do not talk the lead, rather you take the lead to accomplish the set targets.

Leadership is not occupying a seat but accomplishing a feat of repute.

Dear leader permit me to ask you a question. If you are troubled by your answer then kindly redefine your path.

When your name is mentioned without any title what comes into the minds of people?

Stop claiming ‘ I am a born doctor, a born engineer, a born pilot,etc’ and take responsibility to build your capacity to whatsoever you desire.

If you do not take that personal responsibility you will continually be day dreaming, wondering in wonderland and dying without achieving anything in life.

The leadership story of Africa is changing soon. Lets be more responsible than ever before to take our economies onto the world stage.

Samuel Elijah  Boateng

The President, The Central Focus