Religion & Self Improvement

What makes a good leader?Leadership developmentEver since we started Impact Factory, lo these many years ago, we have struggled with the whole notion of leadership development or leadership training. Indeed, we have resisted writing about it in much detail because the subject is so subjective.Are leaders born or made? Can you use management leadership training to give leadership skills to someone who isn’t leadership material? How is it done?Given that we’re being asked to create a lot more leadership programmes of late, we decided we’d take a hard look at just what makes a good leader.Even

Much has been written about leadership: rules, pointers, styles, and biographies of inspiring leaders throughout world history. But there are certain leadership ideas that we fail to recognize and realize in the course of reading books. Here is a short list of things you thought you knew about leadership.1. Leaders come in different flavors: There are all different types of leaders and you will probably encounter more than one type in your lifetime.Formal leaders are those we elect into positions or offices such as the senators, congressmen, and presidents of local clubs.Informal leaders or those we