The Leadership Enigma!

Perhaps a Billion words have been written on the subject of “Leadership’, probably one of the most vital and well-discussed subject of all time. To strive of defining its true essence, we might rely on some proven leaders as it’s already been defined by them time and again, J.W. Goethe once said, “All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly till they take firm root in our personal experience.”Apart from this debate of ‘Are leaders born or made?’, we do interested in leadership traits not only to recognize the true leadership but also try to develop/explore such traits in ourselves. Luckily, Allama Iqbal (Poet of the east) encompassed the whole concept of leadership in a couplet that appeals to experts and novices alike, and amazed all his readers with such diction & brevity:

Nigah Buland, Sukhan Dil Nawaz, Jaan PursouzYehi Hai Rakht-e-Safar Mir-e-Karwan Ke Liye

نگہ بلند، سخن دل نواز، جاں پر سوز

یہی ہے رخت سفر میر کارواں کے لیے 

Translation

High ambition/vision, winsome speech, a passionate soul

This is all the luggage for a leader of the Caravan.

As per the mentioned couplet, a leader must possess such traits: firstly, a leader must be a visionary, capable of sensing the future with the help of his/her wisdom and imagination. Secondly, a leader must have captivating and compelling communication skills to sell his/her ideas and to get desired response wherever required. Thirdly, a leader must be fully aware of the hopes and aspirations of the people, the gravity of the cause and consistently pursues the mission with fervent desire. After all, leadership is action, not position.

~Syed Salman

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