One of the things thay attracts me a lot towards leadership is a sense of almost magic in that. True leaders can make people do things they would not believe they could and they transform our world in a way that only a magical person could do.
The drawback in that idea is that when leaders are not present, people really don't dare to do anything out of the ordinary. It is like living in a sunless world, cold and boring. Or worse: even the easiest crisis turned to be terrible in a world without leaders.
However, a few years back, when I was just starting to research on the topic for a brief time when I was a professor in a prestigious university near Bogota, I remember clearly one factor out of many that defined leaders: they create other leaders.
In fact, the real mystique in leadership is when leaders are able to create other leaders. In that way, even when a leader leaves, the sun is strill bright there.
The question is, why is it that even big leaders are unable to create other leaders? That is one aspect that all leaders should pay more attention. Leaders are not born as such, leaders are generate by an intricate powerful education process.
Until leaders are able to create other leaders we will have to endure a cold weather in the leadership landscape.
As a coach, I can help in developing a leadership which is sustainable in the long term. Do you want me to help? Just get in touch.
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