Becoming the person others will follow: Part II
COMMENT: Becoming the person others will want to follow. (An Extract from Dr. John C Maxwell’s 21 Indispensable qualities of a Leader). We started looking into becoming the person others will want to follow yesterday, and we were made to understand that the first quality we need to work on as leaders is our character. Quality 2 CHARISMA When you perfect you character another thing you need to develop as a leader is your Charisma. Now people will say that charisma is something mystical or undefinable i.e. people think it is a quality that comes at birth. But that’s not true. Charisma plainly stated is the ability to draw people to you. And like other character traits it can be developed. As leaders we have to make ourselves the kind of person that attract others, and that is to make everybody we meet important to us. What we can do for people that will also make them attracted to us as leasders is to expect the best of them...