In one swish of intellect the founding failure of leadership was eloquently exposed. You work it out. In my own experience Leadership development is used as a form of therapy for people who have ended up in jobs they can t do in the belief that being a slightly more smashing person will somehow make up for an inherent lack of talent. Leadership has more in common with religious cults that any other social construction that I can find.
Apart from of course kareoke the other social construction that helps you stand up in front of people and pretend to be something you re not. Don t get me wrong kareoke Brazil Phone Number List is fun ... For a while. Therefore despite the overwhelming rhetoric I have to occasionally stand up in a room full of people who have learned the words and the moves and embarrassingly raise my hand and point out that only Bono can be Bono. In my years in development activities I have never met someone who was brilliant at something constructive and a numptie.
Some numpties have pretended to be good but they really weren t when you look hard enough. Can we now start to concentrate our efforts back on being really good at something useful PETER LEE LEAD CONSULTANT CULTURELINK INTERNATIONAL probably depend on how you define leadership. If it s an individual s skill set then perhaps it can be taught to individuals. If it s a process in or a capacity of an organization then it s not as simple as teaching it. A lot more is required to develop leadership then.