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10 Things People Do Not Know About Leadership

Article Category: Advice

Author Name: Cindy Jeffrey

Everybody has their own beliefs and opinions about leadership. Some of these beliefs may not hold true in practice. These are the top 10 misconceptions of people about leadership:

Leadership is all about charisma

Some people think that leadership is all about using one's charms. The truth is the charismatic leader oftentimes undermine the ability of the group to achieve their goals because he can lure others to do his tasks. Moreover, even if the leader is not performing well, his charisma will likely blind the team members about his performance.

Born leaders make the best kind of leadership

Many think of leadership as an innate talent. However in reality, more are expected from leaders. They need to have skills and expertise that they need to achieve from training and experience. The ingenuity of leaders requires more than inborn talents but also first-hand experiences in the field of practice.

Leaders have the right to dictate things to followers

Regardless of leadership style, followers should not be treated anything less. After all, the success or failure of the group is attributed both to the leader and to the followers. Hence, leaders are expected to be good listeners as well because they can also learn from what the followers have to say.

Leaders should decide at all times

They are expected to be the experts and most competent member of the group. However, this does not mean that leaders have to do all of the decisions. Sometimes, leaders also have to consider asking the followers to contribute in the process of decision making. The classic saying, "two heads are better than one" remains true.

Leadership is easy because you just have to give orders

In reality, the job of leaders goes beyond distributing the tasks, giving orders, and then simply waits for the outputs of the followers. Once the jobs are distributed, leaders are expected to change their role to become supervisor, adviser, coach, teacher, or mentor.

Leadership is achieved through seniority

We know that power can have different sources: influence, charisma, and legitimacy. Leadership can be achieved by a junior or younger member of the group if he can display the required skills and expertise.

Leadership takes all the blame and credit

As mentioned earlier, the success or failure of a group is attributed to the leader and to the followers as well.

Leadership has the sole responsibility to turn the group around

While leaders are expected to stand out whenever the group is facing urgent matters, they do not have the sole responsibility to turn the company around. They still need the cooperation followers.

Leadership just executes policies

In the principle of continuous organizational improvement, leaders are not just executors of previously drafted policies and standards. They are also expected to continuously improve the system.

Leadership has to have grand personalities

In many successful companies, their leaders keep low profile. In this way, the organization can sustain the achievements of the group even after the leader leaves and turn over the responsibility to another leadership regime.

Keywords: strategic planning, coalition building, leadership, leadership training, advocacy, media advocacy, policy advocacy, advocacy campaigns

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