LEADERSHIP
Leader or leadership is such a fabulous topic that umpteen numbers of articles has been written so far but it still stimulates & attracts so many of us to know the exact definition of the term leader. What is leadership?
Leadership is nothing but first visualizing a dream for a better future from the current present & then achieving it by motivating different spectrum of people using there individual strength into a cohesive force. Whenever there is a leader in the picture, you will find he is there for bringing change. It can be a change for values, society, and status or for a nation. His prime role is to bring change for the betterment of his followers. A successful leader is the one who creates confidence in each of his ward that there life will be change for better future. Leader’ vision becomes the goal for each of his follower. We can safely put the definition of a leader as “he is the one who visualizes the change for the betterment of society, group, community, organization or nation & sets the path & guide & motivate his followers to achieve the change. A leader is the one who can get the extra ordinary things done from ordinary people because he sees enormous potential in each one of individual & guide them to exploit there individuals unique qualities for a bigger common cause. Any example you take of prominent leaders in there respective fields, you will find that they were responsible for the change in there respective field. The most successful one creates a confidence in the mind of each of his ward that they all will be benefited by the change. .So what are the main contributing factors which makes a leader out of a person? Let’s jot it down below,
Leaders are dreamers
Leaders are visionaries
Leaders are truthful
Leaders have strong conviction
Leaders are great communicators
Leaders have strong sense of justice
Leaders have empathy
Let’s understand why all the above mentioned factors are important for making of a leader.
Leaders are dreamers
Leaders have to be dreamers. In there conscious mind they always dream about the betterment of society, community or nation, they always have a belief that tomorrow should be a better day for there ward. They always dream about a future for there followers.
Leaders are visionaries
Leaders always have a vision what exactly they want for there ward or there followers. They have the exact vision of there dreams about there community, organization or nation.
Leaders are truthful
Leaders are truthful about there thoughts, there beliefs, there vision, there approach & about themselves. God has given an unusual strength to each individual to differentiate between real & fake person. Any living person irrespective of his gender, cast, creed, status, knowledge & intelligence has this uncanny ability to distinguish a fake from a real person. They will follow the leader who is truthful to himself & to his people.
This is one of the most important qualities of a successful leader.
Leaders have strong conviction
Leaders have very strong conviction about the change or betterment which they want to bring for there followers. Whatever difficulties may come, this conviction is never shaken. This one quality in a leader propels him in forward direction against all odds & difficult times. This is one quality which gives him enormous strength to fight the social evils or any discrimination prevailing in the society.
Leaders are great communicators
All leaders are great communicators. In general we are confused by the term communication. By meaning communication we understand it as oration. Communication is not only oratory. The exact meaning of communication is passing on the message, information or feelings to other person successfully in any mode. Mahatma Gandhi was not as good orator as Nehru or for that matter Subhash Chandra Bose but he could communicate to each every Indian more than these two gentlemen at any given time. A leader communicates to his follower in so many modes, physical, psychological, verbal or in complete silence.
Leaders have strong sense of justice
A true leader has very strong sense of justice. In most of the cases this strong will power to oppose the injustice brings the leadership in a person. History tells us that in most of the cases the transformation from an ordinary person to a great leader takes place due to this one factor Strong sense of justice. The great revolutionary Chandra shekhar Ajad which was not his original name was caught by British police when he was ten years old. His crime, taking part in a swadeshi rally & praising the motherland. The inspector gives the punishment of ten lashes to child ajad. On every lash he will shout bharat mata ki jai, Mahatma Gandhi ki jai & we are independent. This is how he acquires the name Ajad. He never forget this injustice done to him & in later years become one of the fiercest enemy of
Leaders have empathy
The great leaders have empathy as one of the strongest quality. They feel the sorrows & pain of there people as there own. They always put themselves on the same footing as there followers. As per the old story in Persia (Iran) , the great king Nowsherwan order the demolition of his fort wall when a poor lady comes & complains to him that his ministers has demolished her hutment as it was becoming a obstacle on the way of fort wall. The great king without wasting a single second orders the restoration of the hutment on exactly the same place of its origin. Mahatma Gandhi never wore full clothes as he felt when half of the population of
Dear friends these are some the important factors which are responsible for the making of a great leader.
contributed by
Saumitra Yadav
