Leading at the Edge #2

 When I tried to recall the leaders I had encountered throughout my high school years, i could only think of two types of leaders.

1. leaders who sacrifice their social lives and become hated but still do all of their work 

2. leaders who don' t do any of their work but are popular amongst their followers.

I guess this is just because i was in a relatively conventional high school where nothing new was accepted and leaders too, were perceived as the #1 categorized leaders. There, they always kept the subtle distance between the leader and the followers just like in Japanese companies. However, in such relationships, 'trust' is the most important element and obviously that isnt achievable with distance. Kristi raised an interesting point during the discussion. When you personally know that leader it's hard to hate him/her but when there's a distance it's easier because it makes you and your opinion more anonymous.

In my opinion, in order to become a good leader, you need not only the knowledge but the likability, the charisma and the trust. Being a leader doesnt mean you need to be able to get everything right nor does it mean you need to kiss your followers' butts for likability. This all needs to come in one package.

Anyways, in Leading at the Edge, it is said that Shackleton gave a speech that changed the attitudes of the followers completely.
 My favorite speech ever to exist is from a movie called The Great Dictator.
The way Charlie Chaplin expresses his emotions here is just...I can't even explain it. haha

Now THAT is a way to end war.


Aside from that here's my favorite speech ever to be given by a youngster. Even though he's a kid, we can't cut him short cause he got his intonations, stresses and postures just right!