The following are important factors of leadership: --
- UNWAVERING COURAGE based upon knowledge of self, and of one’s occupation. No follower wishes to be dominated by a leader who lacks self-confidence and courage. No intelligent follower will be dominated by such a leader very long. You agree? Hmmph.
- SELF-CONTROL (oh, I wish I have this all the time,lol). The man who cannot control himself, can never control others.. yay!
Self-control sets a mighty example for one’s followers, which the more intelligent will emulate.
- A KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE. (Am I fair enough?). Without a sense of fairness and justice, no leader can command and retain the respect of his followers. Umm… Basically, yes.. a leader needs to be fair in all aspects. He shouldn’t be bias even if the right one is his enemy. Haha. Nah, I’d rather side with my friend. Even if she’s in the wrong side, I guess.. lol
- DEFINITENESS OF DECISION. The man who wavers in his decisions, shows that he is not sure of himself. He cannot lead others successfully. Actually, yes… that’s true.. I mean, I’m not that stupid to have no decision when leading a group. Lol
- DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. The successful leader must plan his work, and work his plan. Yay! I should work on this.. not only through words, but pairing it with actions, right? A leader who moves by guesswork, without practical, definite plans, is comparable to a ship without a rudder. Sooner or later he will land on the rocks.. oh yay! Sharp and big stones you mean? Haha
- THE HABIT OF DOING MORE THAN PAID FOR. One of the penalties of leadership is the necessity of willingness, upon the part of the leader, to do more than he requires of his followers. Obviously, a leader runs an extra mile, as always.
- A PLEASING PERSONALITY. No slovenly, careless person can become a successful leader. (But I wonder, why some are still leaders? I mean, they are only leaders by name hahah) Leadership calls for respect. Followers will not respect a leader who does not grade on high on all of the factors of a Pleasing Personality. So, even if I’m a subordinate of one, If he isn’t worth respected, hell, no way! I will voluntarily resign. Lol
- SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. The successful leader must be in sympathy with his followers. Moreover, he must understand them and their problems instead of making gossips about it and really dying-hard to hear all those chitchat talks..
- MASTERY OF DETAIL. Successful leadership calls for mastery of details of the leader’s position. Well, if you’re a leader, you should be the master of all. Hahaha.. I’m just saying, you should be the so called MASTER-MIND, but you should be open to new and exciting ideas though hahaha…
- WILLINGNESS TO ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY. The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers. If he tries to shift this responsibility, he will not remain the leader. You know what it means? Like acting as Pontius Pilate and wash hands and try to pin it on somebody. If one of his followers makes a mistake, and shows himself incompetent, the leader must consider that it is he who failed. Come on, a leader is the one driving the truck with a heavy load in his trunk.
- COOPERATION. The successful leader must understand, and apply the principle of cooperative effort and be able to induce his followers to do the same. Leadership calls for POWER, and power calls for COOPERATION. So, if you’re just a LEADER by name, don’t call POWER. GO HOME!~
- LOVE. Aside from all those mentioned above, LOVE is the greatest. A leader should have LOVE in his heart. Love the unlovable. He should learn to accept his followers’ weaknesses. Those weaknesses, supported with LOVE will turn into strength. Yay
