Positional Leadership Sucks
Do you want to be a leader because you are titled that way or do you want to be a leader because people want to follow you? We all have positions of leadership: managers, supervisors, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, team captains, coaches — it is hard to think of someone who does not have a position of leadership because of their title. But is leadership learned or gifted?
Check out Shane’s post on leadership here for more leadership brilliance.
PS: I get to go to lunch with Shane in a few days… more after that.
Shane has interesting points on leadership.
But, I’m not sure he has it totally right.
Leadership is learned – a baby may predisposed to be a leader through genes, but without parents and community nurturing the baby through adulthood, leadership qualities will never be developed.
How someone becomes a great leader is an interesting subject. There are so many variables that determine when someone crosses that threshold of being considered a great leader. Usually, it takes time and perspective to be able to make the final judgement.