Leaders in Making...

Leadership: the work in itself carries a lot of weight. Although leadership the duty and leadership the right both upgraded their importance and relevance over time but the basic definition remains the same. Several management scholars define leadership as “Process of social influence in which one person is able to enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. There are several alternate definitions also out of which the one I liked the most was “Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.”

I think I like the second definition more because of several reasons. The first and foremost will be because it explains the basis task of a leader: “Creation of Way”. Yes that what a leader is supposed to do. He needs to guide the energies in right direction so that collectively it creates enough energy to produce some exceptional results. The second reason is: “Making people contribute”. Although this sounds more of a manager’s role but after all a manager is just a subset of the larger group called leader. Making people contribute is the most important and challenging task for a leader. This becomes more demanding because the outcome of this task does not only depend on the leader’s ability but also on the willingness on the individuals in the team to work. And yes, the leader is supposed to create that willingness.

The third and in my view the most important one is: “Making something extraordinary happen”. And trust me there are reasons behind my saying that this is the most important reason. I think we all will agree that an object becomes more and more important to us if we are more used to it. The more you see your pet, the more you affection you develop for it. Ditto here. All through these days, in the last 10 years, I have seen extra ordinary things happen. I have seen young engineers working day and night to keep the conveyor belts running. I have seen the managers producing some results which were earlier thought to be near to impossible. I have seen entrepreneurs building a new brand everyday.

All this has happened because of the never ending zeal of each and every individual of this nation. With such great results in hand one thing that I am very much assured of is that we always had correct set of leaders who can channelize the contributions to produce extraordinary things. And with the young brigade taking the lead at many occasions, the future lies in good safe hands. With so many opportunities coming and each one of them grabbed by a potential leader I can safely say that Leaders are in making…..