Leadership is not an exclusive club for those who are ‘born with it’. Although leadership relies on some inherited characteristics, it also depends on training and experience. Indeed, many of the traits and abilities that are the raw materials of leadership can be acquired. If you link those traits with an essential desire to achieve, nothing can keep you from becoming a leader. You may even become a great leader. The ten-point program elaborated upon in our eight-page e-Topic How to become a leader will get you started…

1. Believe that you can become a leader.
2. Be sure you have a burning desire to lead.
3. Study the qualities of recognized leaders.
4. Be clear about what leadership entails.
5. Learn to lead by leading.
6. Volunteer for leadership roles.
7. Learn from your experiences.
8. Study yourself.
9. Learn as much as you can about group action.
10. Develop a plan of learning.

The e-Topic elaborates upon each of those guidelines and concludes with a wealth of useful hints, advice, anecdotes and inspiration to help the reader better understand and implement the core material presented.

Do you want a brief fragment from the wealth of practical information in this e-Topic?
“’Leadership is not magnetic personality – that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not ‘making friends and influencing people’ – that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.’ – Peter Drucker”

Simple, step-by-step solutions to your management problems and issues – that’s the aim of our e-Topics series. For busy managers, it’s literally management2go!