Leadership qualities in the market place
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This world is a market place. The corporate world is a market place. They say if you know how to sell yourself you can get the job. It is all in how you market yourself.
Are you a commodity?
You have become a commodity. We are continuously trying to perfect ourselves to make ourselves more presentable. We are continuously trying to define effective leadership. We continuously seek information on what worked for someone who became successful. We don't realize that the situation and the person were unique in time and space and can never be duplicated. Corporations look at leaders as highly-sought after commodities.
Leaders are determined by various lists of good qualities. Leadership programs and books in turn hand out various good qualities that one should possess or cultivate. How is this done? All by logical analysis, market research of what worked and what did not. They gather a set of data and analyze and determine the qualities of a leader.
Leadership can neither be bought nor sold like a commodity. It has to be just awakened in you. That's all.
Qualities of leadership.
All the available programs give you lists and lists of qualities that you need to possess to be a leader. There are so many dos and don'ts that are recognized as good qualities of leadership. But, some of the common ones may be:
- Being Intuitive. Being a Visionary
- Being Trustworthy. One who trusts himself.
- Being TRUTHFUL
- Has excellent time management skills
- Capable of Sharp Decision Making
- Has good Communication Skills
- Is Stress Free
- One who is emotionally Balanced
- One who can motivate others.
The list can go on and on. How is it possible to remember and practice all these? Is it possible for someone to have all these qualities? All these are qualities that cannot be learnt and logically practiced. Anything given will become some logical solutions to be practiced in hypothetical situations.
Trying to put a handle on it.
Moreover, think about it, there are a set of maybe at the most 20 or 25 positive qualities that have been compiled in the whole world as leadership qualities presented in different ways. Then if we know the list, as a recipe why so many billions of dollars are being spent on these same 20 qualities being told to you again and again. Various schools are trying to come up with various permutations and combinations of making this a digestible formula or a skill set you can put a handle on, something that you can put your arms around.
Trying to practice these qualities would be like a self development program. The truth is your self cannot be developed. You only have to undo the development and conditionings plastered on the self to reveal and unleash the innate pure potential which is limitless.
The qualities of good leadership will only be side effects of your innate potential which you can enjoy. These side effects will automatically start expressing through You.