Serving others is leadership

Leadership is the result of a conscious choice made by an individual. Most of us achieve the status of a leader, but not the state. State is totally different from status. Status comes from society. If we are leading a group of people, or if we are forced to take the responsibility of some department or if we take the responsibility out of greed, the status comes.

Leadership 'state" is totally different. When I use the word 'state" I mean our inner space or our being should be mature enough to handle what we are entering or the responsibility which we are assuming.

When we just get the status without achieving the state, all the problems which exist in the corporate world start — stress and tension at the personal level, and backbiting and politics at the level of the team. When we become responsible for others, we no longer are focused on ourselves. We move towards serving other people. Serving other people is leadership. Caring for our own needs without shifting the focus to others is absence of leadership.

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