- Image by digitalART2 via Flickr
People love talking about leadership. It’s quite a strange thing.
Some people say it’s clear that leaders are born. Training helps smooth the edges, but you have a baseline leadership quotient that you can’t increase much.
Some people say it comes down to the right training.
There are many factors, and leaders seem to have some key characteristics. But some are quite simple it would seem–not so different from what defines the dominance hierarchies in the animal kingdom. When I met Julies Pieri, CEO of the Daily Grommet, not too long ago, she made the comment to a friend of mine, “oh, you’re a tall and deep-voiced guy. Tall, deep-voiced guys always end up in leadership positions.”
Seems we should be aware of why we’re following our leader. Maybe the reason isn’t very relevant.
-Kevin
8.5.2010
