The Main Fundamental Parts Of Leadership
The main fundamental parts of leadership. Leadership is always being viewed as if it is something that just crept into society recently. However, that idea about leadership is totally wrong and unacceptable as there have been various more than enough instances of people exhibiting leadership roles so many years ago. This goes on to show that leadership has been with humanity from time immemorial and will continue to be with us forever.
There are some fundamental parts that each and every individual who wishes to be recognized as a leader must-have. Being given a role which allows you to simply supervise other people in order to see to it that something gets done does not and will never make you a leader no matter how many people will refer to you as being a leader. Leadership is very distinctive in how it allows people to get their views and opinions across to others and does not change from that. Keep this in mind when thinking of the main fundamental parts of leadership.
What makes a supervisor to be seen as not being a leader?
This is a question that most people do always ask especially those who have been giving certain supervisory roles. These people wish to be seen by their subordinates as being a leader who leads them towards the achievement of certain important goals of the group or organization. However, the mere fact of being a supervisor does not qualify an individual as a leader as those who fall under your stewardship are being controlled by a set of laid down rules and regulations which does not allow them to make their own decisions as to whether they wish to follow your lead or not. This, therefore, makes a supervisor more of an individual who has been given some amount of authority by virtue of the position that he or she currently occupies. This goes to show that the influence that comes with a position cannot be used to mean the same thing as the influence that comes as a result of an individual being able to affect others in various ways through his or her inspirational presence.
A supervisor exerts influence through the power and authority of an organization: This is also another significant way through which a supervisor can also be seen as not being a leader. People like Jesus Christ and Mohammed even though they had enough power and authority never used external force as a way of getting people to do what they were preaching. They, however, allowed people to make that decision between following them or be on their own. This is what qualified such great historical people to be regarded as being true leaders. A supervisor, on the other hand, does not give the opinions and choices of his or her member’s much precedence with regards to the specific goals that are supposed to be achieved. In this way, they expect their subordinates to be fully and completely committed to a particular task whether they wish to do it or not.
These two things help to see that being put in a supervisory position does not necessarily make a person a leader. You may supervise people for like ages but unless you are able to
realize the two main fundamentals of a leader, crossing over from the role of a supervisor to that of a leader may never happen for you.
What are the main fundamentals that make a person to be recognized as a leader?
Showing of passion: In order to be able to make the final hurdle from being a supervisor or an individual in authority to becoming a true leader, one needs to show a lot of passion in whatever he or she is doing. This means that you do not have to wait for others to express interest in what you are doing before you show a desire to achieving your targets. Letting others to notice how passionate you are about achieving your goal with or without others is what makes a leader different from a supervisor. A leader is always passionate about the task he or she has decided to accomplish and does not ask others to work towards that goal. He or she rather work on achieving the objectives that have been set down with complete commitment and passion and therefore is able to inspire others to also follow his or her lead without having to force them.
Being emphatic in what you are doing and inspiring others to do the same: This is also a fundamental aspect of leadership that is needed if you are going to be seen as a leader. This goes for those who are very inspired to the extent that they have the desire to ensure that others see the importance of what the group has set down to achieve.
It is very important to possess these fundamentals in order to be a true leader as you will be seen as a successful leader if you are able to get people to follow you through the passion that you show in what you do or your desire to get each and every member inspired by your presence in order to see why a particular task needs to be done.
These are the main fundamental parts of leadership.
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Dr. Jeff Evans
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