The World is Looking for Leaders

Leadership is the sun coming up on the horizon sprinkling the world with beauty and energy. Management is the rainy, grey day that gives you the feeling of hopelessness.

Working in corporate America can be very frustrating. The frustration doesn’t come from the work that has to be done or the myriad of rules that need to be followed through. The frustration comes from the lack of leadership that is shown throughout. And it’s not just a plague that seems to afflict the corporation that employs me. The lack of leadership is profound throughout our new system. I wrote about this a couple months ago in one of my most widely read Medium articles (https://medium.com/@mikehornerultra/be-the-boss-you-want-to-have-9871541a60ef)

Why We Are Plagued with Bad Managers

I believe the reasons are three-fold.

1) Promotions are awarded to people who follow the system most carefully. We used to reward boldness and creativity and leadership. Now corporations reward those that are following the edicts handed down by top management.

2) We’ve forgotten what leadership is. Leadership is not a title and it is not something that is handed out once you finish your college education. Leadership is something developed by people who see life quite differently than people who assume the title…