Leadership Compass Part II

Here, I will like to the scope of leadership. If we acknowledge that we can be a leader in one aspect but a follower in another, then the scope of leadership expands! For instance, you can be a leader in your professional life but in your 'people' life, you are a follower as your friend might be a better organiser for get-togethers. Or you might be a leader in your community but at work you are a follower.

So, to be a true leader, to me, we must be able to influence with integrity and we must also have the necessary technical competencies in the area where we want to lead. Let's look at integrity for a moment. Would you also agree that other than integrity we will also need to be honest and sincere, along with some other virtues. In a word, we can call them, "values".

Therefore, imagine now on your right palm you have all the necessary competencies in the area that you would like to lead. And even if you did not have them, you will be able to learn, just like learning to use the chopsticks for the first time. And on your left palm, you will have all the right values that will guide you to behave in the appropriate manner.