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Leaders Are Learners
November 10th, 2011
by Bill Boyajian

I grew up believing that leaders were born, not made. I believed either you “had it” or you didn’t, based on God-given gifts or a good gene pool. But leadership behavior is learned through the process of life and seeking to lead. For those of us who were raised as I was, this should be liberating news.

Leaders are learners. They constantly improve and innovate as a result of being propelled by their own initiative. They seek to understand themselves, they accept responsibility for their actions, and they reflect on their experience.

Very often, leaders are ordinary people who perform extraordinary feats. They have something to prove to themselves and perhaps to others, and that need to prove, that drive to succeed, that compulsion to achieve, is what separates them from followers.

Leaders, then, are not just learners; they are achievers of a high order. They know leader­ship is a need in our society and culture. They know that, of those to whom much is given, much is expected. They take their role seriously: they know the kind of impact they can have on others.

Leaders know that leading is a privilege and a high calling. They never take their call for granted.

Are you a leader?



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