One Apple A Day #707 - on leadership
In these challenging times, leadership is more critical than ever. We look at our leaders for guidance, clarity and vision. At all levels, from local communities to countries, from families to big organizations. However, I feel that many leaders are as lost as we are. My feeling is that for too long, we thought that knowledge was a fundamental attribute of leadership. If you know more, you can make more informed decisions. Public leaders, in particular, have access to information that we, the population, don't have. And that should give them the possibility to lead the community. More and more though, knowledge is shared. Everyone can now access plenty of information. That is taking away a source of power from leaders. They know as much as we do. Plus, lately, it looks like that, despite all the data and knowledge that we are acquiring, we are still walking in the dark.
All of this to say that I feel that leadership is not about knowing more. It is the ability to transform knowledge into choices and actions that make a positive impact.