Leader or Boss?

Over the years I have been asking myself some questions...

Am I a leader or a boss?

I have read so many books also on leadership trying to understand the concept of leadership and how a leader acts.

So many books came up with so many definitions and illustrations but one strikes my heart.

John C. Maxwell in his definition of who a leader is said that "a leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way"

From the definition I derived that a leader first discovers himself, leads himself and shows others how he was able to achieve that.

Going further I also realized that leaders are people oriented and boss self oriented.

In one of Myles Munroe books titled "INCHARGE", he pointed it out that when a group led by a leader fails in their goals, it is the leader that fails but when the group wins or achieve their goals, the group wins.

This statement got me thinking .....

I did this
I did that
I was present
I will be there with my team
If not I

If by any means you make that kind  of statements above, note that you are only a BOSS, people take instructions from you to do your bid.

We did this
We did that
We were present
We will be there to make it happen
If not us,

If by any means you speak in such manner, then you are a leader.

I also learnt that the boss depends on authority but the leader depends on goodwill.

The boss inspires fear in his/her subjects while a leader inspires enthusiasm.

The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown in his subjects while the leader fixes the breakdown to help his team

The boss knows how it is done
The leader shows how it is done

The boss send people to Go
The leader says to his people let's Go

Having seen all these, I sat down and asked myself, am I truly a LEADER?

This question has shaped the way I relate with people. It has shaped the way I respond to some critics.

It has also shaped the way I react to every situation.

No wonder Jesus Christ would say "if you want to lead, you have to serve".

LEADERSHIP is a life time school

I just started school
........ remember everybody is a leader but not all has discovered.

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