Who’s a leader and who’s not? August 8, 2008

I am preparing a 5 days training on leadership and of course i want to make it dynamic and challenge people’s opinions, have a discussion on what means leadership and who can be considered a leader and who can not…and how can you make the difference.

There are many types of leadership but one of the common characteristics that all have is “The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission” (wikipedia). Hitler did this. Was he a leader? Take a look at some of his speeches on YouTube – and put some thought in it. Even an article in TIME magazine debates this.

On the other hand, is Bono a leader? Well…he is admired but i didn’t manage to find any article to “declare” him so.
I love his speech from TED when he calls for action to help Africa. He moves people and is genuine.
His organization changes lives and fights for Africa.
After listening to his speech and browsing through the ONE website, what do you think? Is he a leader?
He was “the man of the year” in 2005, but is he more?

This is not a classic dareberry…is just a thought of mine regarding the training i am preparing…