Leadership

Sigh... been staring at this subject for the past semester and it has suddenly made a lot more sense to me! I have been watching and reflecting on all that goes on around me... Some people seem to be "natural" leaders and do a really great job of it... Others think that they are leaders but the reality is that they do not have the presence or the ability to do so... While others know their short comings are able to create leadership type qualities... Somehow I believe in shared leadership where each person comes with their own strengths to contribute to the better good and a shared vision...

Why are people so hung up with politics and power? The more people try and grab the worse it becomes... Don't they know that the good old saying actions speak louder than words is ever so true? Politics complicates the issues and instead of focusing on the problem at hand, it just makes it into a power struggle. It is as if things would fail if one doesn't appear to be making a mark or living up to some imagined expectation. People play the political gain to no end and they end up having a struggle and one- up -manship at the end of the day.

At the end of the day, one needs to be true to oneself and realize that there would be a ditch some time and to surround oneself with people who would be able to compliment each other and to draw out the strengths in each other... It is no point to be a one man band or a person who can't let go of power. Life is too short to play stupid games...