Recently AKIN ASIA’s Director wrote an article titled Why leadership STILL matters. In it she wrote about the importance of acknowledging “that leadership is not something confined only to CEO’s, political figures, or popular sporting personalities. Everyone is a leader in their own way, not only those who are outspoken and charismatic, but also those whose softy spoken words prompt and inspire change for the better.”
After posting the article in a few groups, people started commenting and sharing ideas of their own on leadership. Here are a few of the insights we discovered:
- Empathy is key to leadership and the cultivation of empathetic intelligence is critical
- Also integral to effective leadership is collaboration — leading from an organic, collaborative approach is a lot more effective than topdown leadership
- Effective leadership is not something that is innate. It can be learned and is accessible to all
- What is leadership? Although there is much research and discussion on what it takes to be a ‘great’ leader — leadership is personal and defined by individuals differently
Be your own leader.
