Wednesday, March 2, 2011

"Leader's Follow"

Part 3 of A Leader's Legacy is all about realizing who you are as a leader and then being someone who listens and takes advice from others, who isn't a dictator and is willing to admit they can be wrong, and being a leader while also being a follower. What struck me the most was the section "Leader's Follow". I feel like we're often told to be a leader and not a follower, when in reality some the best leaders are also followers. Every leader got to where they are by learning and following others; asking for help and questioning a process isn't a bad thing, it just means you're interested in others opinions and what they have to say. I feel like often leaders get so hung up in being the head of something that they are afraid to ask for help or ask for advice, however if they seek help it is going to provide a better end product and make the people they work with happy that their thoughts and ideas were able to come out in a project. All too often leadership is thought of as a a single role, but to gain a leadership position you must get help from people and slowly make your way up to that spot. I think this is something everyone in a position of leadership needs to remember, whether it be in a management job, a position in a Greek organization or just the leader of a class project.

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