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Being a leader does not mean you have to have the nice big corner office. It doesn’t mean you have thousands of people at your beck and call. Being a leader is simply someone that can inspire others. Have you ever been with a group of friends and your dinner reservation fell through and now you have to make a new one? Well, the person who starts the decision making process is the natural leader in that given situation. I did not say the person who starts bossing everyone else around, I said the person who starts the decision making process.
I say natural leader here, but leadership skills can be developed. It takes an active decision to start developing these skills. You then need to actively push yourself out of you comfort zones and look for roles of responsibility. The more roles you take on, the more your leadership skills will evolve.
The more you develop your abilities and the stronger leader you start to become, the easier it is to become discouraged. Especially as others will lack the same passion you have for your projects. Natural leaders are able to keep calm and steady as these situations arise. If you are not the calm and steady type, make sure you take a few deep breaths before you continue to calm yourself down.
Natural leaders walk with a confident posture. If you know that you slouch when you walk, then pin your shoulders back, hold your head up high, and walk around like you own the place. People notice posture. It is important to speak with ‘posture’ in your voice too. Natural leaders speak with confidence. If they know how something is done they, more often than note, end up leading the situation. People just hand over to them, there’s no need for a discussion, people just accept your knowledge. If a natural leader does not know what is going on, they do not pretend to! This is what makes the previous point so important. People know that you are trustworthy; you don’t try fake your way through situations. Because of this they are perfectly happy to give you control when you tell them you know how to do something.
Leaders can act and make decisions under pressure. They know what needs to be done and they go for it!
I want to end off by saying that ‘natural leaders’ were not always ‘natural leaders’. They developed into leaders somewhere during life. It could have been at primary school, it could have been after school. My point is that you can develop yourself into such a great leader that people will look at you and say, “You are a natural leader!”
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Thanks so much for this succint summary of what it takes to be a leader. I am stepping into a project designed to bring the Light of Ascension to everyone on the planet who wants it. The miracles are ocurring with greater and greater frequency. And ease. I am told that I am amazing and inspiring. Seems like fun to me to be fully engaged in delivering a message that is uplifting, enlghtening, and encouraging. These are confusing and chaotic times, and those of us that have a larger view of events and where we are headed need to take their place now, as we are crossing the bridge into a whole new way of being. The possibilities are endless. How can we resist stepping into leadership, offering our talents and goodwill, making our place in the Universe a better one? Come on everyone. Let’s “lighten up!”
Yes Rich I think a natural leader is simply one who helps to move things along and with whom people feel comfortable and trust. Great post.
~Marcus Baker~
Attraction Marketing Coach
we all have to ask ourselves ( how do I go to work today and do something that will move enterprise and myself another step in the right direction. Elaine Fortier, New focus
In a recent workshop, this is whatb a leader suppose to be
Model the way
Inspire a shred vision, cahllenge process
Enable other to act
and encourging the heart
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