Leadership is something that I've been interested in for a while, albeit never formally. Lately, though, I've started thinking about it more formally, and which ideas might be helpful to be more effective at the practise. I get that it's a broad topic (leading what? leading who?) but we'll see what comes of this thread.
The one major breakthrough I've come up with in this area is that effective leadership is contingent on experience in a domain. In other words, the idea that one can learn only 'leadership' then suddenly lead doesn't make sense. The ability to lead in a domain depends on one's understanding of the domain. Once the understanding is there, leadership just happens.
Beyond that I'd think that many of the qualities which make someone great at leading are equivalent to those that make someone a good and likable person. Do you have the personality traits to coordinate and organize other people to more effective ends? Whatever those personality traits are, are what makes someone good at leading.
Beyond that, though, I wonder if there are more intricate and less seen aspects of being a good leader that others have in mind.
The one major breakthrough I've come up with in this area is that effective leadership is contingent on experience in a domain. In other words, the idea that one can learn only 'leadership' then suddenly lead doesn't make sense. The ability to lead in a domain depends on one's understanding of the domain. Once the understanding is there, leadership just happens.
Beyond that I'd think that many of the qualities which make someone great at leading are equivalent to those that make someone a good and likable person. Do you have the personality traits to coordinate and organize other people to more effective ends? Whatever those personality traits are, are what makes someone good at leading.
Beyond that, though, I wonder if there are more intricate and less seen aspects of being a good leader that others have in mind.