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3 Types of Leaders
“Leadership” seems to be one of those words that is thrown around today in a much over-used fashion. Not unlike “success” and “motivational” and “outside the box.” What the heck do those words really mean?
The answer lies in a slight variation of that question; what do those words mean TO YOU?
To me, leadership comes in three forms.
The first type of leader by title. If you go into any kindergarten classroom in this country, teachers choose “leaders” every day. In order to be a “leader,” one does not have to have any special skill or knowledge or credentials. They need only be the first one who got in line that day. They are “the leader.”
What does the teacher then tell the other children in the class to do? That’s right…“follow the leader.”
Now, in kindergarten, follow the leader is an efficient and usually effective way of moving several children in an orderly manner. However, in adulthood, following the leader who is nothing more than a “leader” in title is often neither effective nor respected (rightfully so).
The second type is a “managing” leader. There are people who have been put into a leadership role of some…
