[Being a leader is natural]

So, you care. You do that with each and every employee? How many are they? How long do you invest your time with each? When measure that, does it make any impact on the bottom line? Being in lead a deep touch on most issues in relation to the nexts, almost all the time because leading is about people and our interconnection before any other thing. It but causes corporate frictions the minute it hits the board level. This making me ask myself why something so good be seen and treated as bad? What do they fear that the good can't seem to see?

Being a leader needs balance on a whole lot of issues before they turn to their performance and other related issues of management. The leadership manuals do teach and guide you on what to be and do, how to be that and do that, but it never deal with the who you be and whom for. A leader comes as a package. We can't talk about a leader sans mention of their ownness, thus their individuality.

As a person first, a leader comes from a family and goes to a family after work same as everyone, a leader meets challenges that makes them lie to protect self or others, a leader reacts in some situations, we can't fail to remember such when they're caught up in smoky corners. It's a tough job being in that position, envy them you will but blame not when occasionally step out of character in run with personality, for in their shoes kick offs feel different than it does in yours.

I, for one, cheer for a leader who cares more about the employees than they do for the employer. But, good as you and me would like, they still have their set fiduciary performance requirements to meet. So, the danger to their meeting of targets is in them getting too close to employees in that it creates the risk of low productivity brought by the familiarity borne out of closeness with them. Again, a leader should create sustainable expectations, and time spent with employees may be distorted along the way due to busy work demands that may cause a negative sentiment. Employees may feel neglected as a result of that.

Employees are demanding, management is demanding, leadership pressurises via inbound and outbound competitiveness, governance adherence and, private and public responsibilities. If you want to lead, best you know that. The golden rule for anyone in that position is to get a good advisor, a kick-ass right-hand man and a two hearted life partner, and your job will be fun to do. For you to meet each side's needs you just have to align self with that rule, and just maybe you'll be yourself in your job.

In conclusion: being a leader isn't hard but tough and difficult as it challenges your mannerisms, skills set and knowledge base. It's a test of character to your personality, a builder of the being to better if not corrupted by the power that comes with the position. Leadership is a way of life for the humble and a way into life for the opportunist. Only you will know where you fall, but, being a leader is natural...db