Leadership
Nelson Mandela Leadership
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
Nelson was the first black President of South Africa and he was one of the most important figures that helped end apartheid in S.A. He believed in consensus. He used a general feeling to empower the people and motivate them. Nelson was tolerant and persistent. For an end to apartheid he was put in jail for 20+ years, but nevertheless he never gave up on his main purpose.
Nelson’s leadership lessons:
1. Your vision in life must be for greater good.
2. Not everyone will support your vision.
3. You need to fight for your vision.
4. Lead with the knowledge that nothing is “Black or White”
5. Quitting is leading too.
6. Be humble about your strengths and honest about your flaws. * "When you want to get a herd to move in a certain direction you stand at the back with a stick. Then a few of the more energetic cattle move to the front and the rest of the cattle follow. You are really guiding them from behind. That is how a leader should do his work"
The meaning of “leadership”
Did you know the word “leadership” entered our vocabulary after the Civil War? Before then we had leaders and followers. So leadership is a recent term but what do we really know about it? Yes, we know that leadership is a value-based process that encourages leaders and implementers to initiate actions that contribute to achieving a common purpose, and to willingly make significant contributions in meeting mutual objectives.
“When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously” (Norman Vincent Peale)
Nonetheless, there are more questions to answer: 1. Why are some leaders successful, while others fail? 2. Which are the leaders’ roles? 3. Which leadership style is better?
But before answering these questions let speak a little bit about what exactly leadership means. One way of doing this is
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”
Nelson was the first black President of South Africa and he was one of the most important figures that helped end apartheid in S.A. He believed in consensus. He used a general feeling to empower the people and motivate them. Nelson was tolerant and persistent. For an end to apartheid he was put in jail for 20+ years, but nevertheless he never gave up on his main purpose.
Nelson’s leadership lessons:
1. Your vision in life must be for greater good.
2. Not everyone will support your vision.
3. You need to fight for your vision.
4. Lead with the knowledge that nothing is “Black or White”
5. Quitting is leading too.
6. Be humble about your strengths and honest about your flaws. * "When you want to get a herd to move in a certain direction you stand at the back with a stick. Then a few of the more energetic cattle move to the front and the rest of the cattle follow. You are really guiding them from behind. That is how a leader should do his work"
The meaning of “leadership”
Did you know the word “leadership” entered our vocabulary after the Civil War? Before then we had leaders and followers. So leadership is a recent term but what do we really know about it? Yes, we know that leadership is a value-based process that encourages leaders and implementers to initiate actions that contribute to achieving a common purpose, and to willingly make significant contributions in meeting mutual objectives.
“When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously” (Norman Vincent Peale)
Nonetheless, there are more questions to answer: 1. Why are some leaders successful, while others fail? 2. Which are the leaders’ roles? 3. Which leadership style is better?
But before answering these questions let speak a little bit about what exactly leadership means. One way of doing this is