The concept of leadership corrected...

 

The way concept of leadership is taught in school seems quite erroneous because the concept can not be taught through textual reference. It is a kind of attitude that is generated in the personality through introspection. Did you ever muse over what should be the rulebook of a leader? The pre-requisite of leadership is nothing but the approach towards being a leader. It is a subconscious process that develops automatically through actions and reactions of circumstances & events. If you ask a leader of a cadre about what should be the attitude of a leader on the first day of his being a leader, he would definitely just give a smile without any straight-cut reply. The reason is he was a leader much before he got his post. A leader was always a follower before and thus we can infer that leadership is not a by-birth instinct. The attitude is the most important factor in order to learn this skill. If we take example of global leaders from business, science, governance etc., we would observe some common traits among all of them. They are all learning endlessly which means they value their limitations and insufficiencies but they don’t fear to correspond their knowledge with application. They don’t feel scared to experiment and fail and they try to interrogate their prospects and investigate their allocative aspects to make their actions efficient and productive. Management books come with multiple theories and tools to substantiate the concept in textbooks but the best way this can analysed is through case studies. Theories are developed based on assumption, premise and qualifications. Many theories are driven by egoistic justifications which might help a theory to become objective but when a subjective concept is forcefully objectified, it loses its true addressee. So, why can’t everyone become leaders? Leadership can’t be taught; it is to be learned. Leadership has 3 aspects such as psychological aspect, technical aspect and existential aspect. The force of leadership without corroborative pursuers, implicative struggles and challenging objectives is void. A leader does not create a path, he tries to trace it. This idea might contradict with others but the notion that leaders would no all is just a lame belief without reasonable evidence. The modern approach of leadership is much absorbing and decentralised. Now, leadership is not just personnel, it is system that always leads each and every factor within that circle. To lead is also to follow up. A leader looks back and forth while pacing and paving. Let’s now discuss the aspects mentioned above.

Psychological aspect- A leader governs the system and looks forward to lead its action. He never dictates the movements. We have found many models of leadership but true leadership can be learned from the nature. She holds and loosens the control over factors based on instances. Leaders captivates, motivates and create a make-belief atmosphere which should not be prone to revolting rather it should be coordinating and suggestive. Leaders should respect their follower steps because it's his own step with certain variances. He should look up to both its positive and negative gaps. A leader must not be submissive and indecisive. He might have some limitations but he should have the skill to fill the gaps during the course of leadership only. It may sound rude but we should understand the cons of not doing it. Human psychology is based on faith. When a follower starts feeling superior that leader, he becomes turbulent towards every action and that is stupidity.

Technical aspect- A leader must not be most skilful person in the group but he should know that other know what he does not know and also that what other know about what he does not know. He is the topmost level of management. He should have the power to design the system structure, channels of communication, delegative needfulness. He must be aware about one step ahead of his step and one step behind the followers’ step. A leader is always responsible but virtually he is not liable for results but still he is made liable because of demi-autocratic nature of the whole leadership system and a leader should digest this obviousness. His subject is the strategic management where he would not deal with heads and tails of the coin but the composition of metal.