To be or Not be a Leader, That is The Question

Not everyone was born to be a leader. And that has nothing to do with gift or other privilege to genetic die or spiritual. The point is that there are people who simply do not want to be leaders. Act consciously or unconsciously against the leadership role. Not feel “touched” with the spirit of leadership.

Leadership means taking risks. This action creates fear in some people. Having to take a position is cumbersome, since it creates anxiety, doubt, insecurity. There are those who preserve most of all his sense of safety and assume the role of leadership is exactly break this balance.

There are several examples of people who were excellent technicians, and to be lifted to a position of leadership became failures. How to reject a promotion? Here is a great dilemma for many people in the modern corporate world.

Until the early 80’s was very present in the professional environment the old adage: to be a leader, manager or director must take time from home. From there to the present day we see more and more this kind of thinking and corporate attitude being extinguished. In today’s competitive world there is no room for protectionism, but for competence.

The big mistake that was committed to promote the leadership that older. Today the error continues, but otherwise. It promotes the one who is very competent at it. The crucial point is not to remark that there are differences between the expertise and competence of leadership.

Despite the exercise of leadership requires method, routine, knowledge and other technical skills, act as a leader requires much more than the individual behavior of the time from home or their academic and professional training. Therefore, it is possible to find excellent engineers playing the role of leadership and administrators and psychologists are poor leaders. Do not just take technical training only, so we need the preparation behavior, but mainly the desire to lead. You must have identification with the role of leadership. Know that by taking this position the individual will deal with an activity that goes beyond that he learned at university.

Therefore, it takes courage to lead. It is essential that the person do the exercise alone to think of himself as a leader and all its implications. What will win and lose, consider whether you are prepared for the new pressures that will suffer and how you can deal like them. Understanding that this new position will require much more than technical knowledge, but prepare staff to deal with an intangible factor: the human being.

There is no demerit not to be a leader. Imagine if the world was full of leaders, as we could live? There is room for everyone, leaders and followers. Think of yourself and what feels good. How do you like to work? Would you rather be ahead of all its activities or running? He likes to make decisions and plan strategies or prefer to analyze, search or perform the work? Note that you can act as a leader in various situations of everyday life. The difference in position or assume a leadership position is that it will be constant, and not all are willing to assume this role.

Modern society often leads individuals to take a position that does not concern them. So, to clarify for yourself what you want. What makes you good. Realizing that acting like a leader is something exciting, challenging, enriching, go ahead: prepare, study, practice, but have the humility to know how to recognize along the way make sure this is what you want. There are times when we need to go back. There are situations that you’d better analyze and learn, then move on. Now, if you realize that this is not for you, be the best at what we do get. Success!