Blog about Leadership

The new weekly series that I started on Monday is: How to Create a Foundation for Developing Leadership Potential. John C. Maxwell writes prolifically about leadership and one point he continually emphasizes is that to be a leader it takes time, a lot of time, years and decades of time. While I agree, I also know as John does that to develop as a leader for tomorrow, you have to learn to be a leader today.

Leadership quote from Anthony Jay:
“The only real training for leadership is leadership.”

You can learn everything there is to know about leadership, you can read and memorize great quotes from leaders, you can study examples of leadership in practice, and you can codify your own leadership philosophy. At the end of it all, you will not develop as a leader until you “do” leadership.

It takes practice. Practice, as with anything, makes perfect. Leadership is an art, but it is a more complicated art than most recognize. There is no such thing as a scientific perfect in leadership, but rather an independent perfect that is unique to each and every individual leader.

To become a leader, start by being a leader and then practice, develop, improve, and mature over time, a lot of time, years and decades of time.

To start, you can follow my 7 Steps to Lead without Inherent Talent.

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