Leadership: Leader in training
Some people are born leaders, others are not born leaders. Which ever is the case, effective leadership models, such as the one seen in "The Leadership Challenge" by Kouzes and Posner, involve five specific behavioral practices.
Leaders look for opportunities to change the status quo. Leaders enlist others to see a similar future as they do. Leaders strengthen others by building strong teams. Leaders set the example, create standards of excellence and help people as they work toward objectives. Leaders recognize individual contributions and celebrate their accomplishments.
Whether or not you are a born leader, if you strive to improve yourself on these five practices you have one critical component that these five practices could not do without, self-motivation. So even if you are not a born leader but you have self-motivation it might be more accurate to say you are a leader in training.
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