I believe leadership is not how most define it. I believe leadership is less about the number of people that agree and more about how one supports a cause, why one cares, and the actions one takes. I know leadership. And I’ve seen what has worked and what hasn’t. Even though people sometimes construe leadership as who has the most followers, the underlying principle is quite different -- in a profound way. Sure, it’s fantastic to have over 100,000,000 views on the Kony 2012 youtube video. But anyone can hit the “like” button. That’s not leadership. Leadership is using that attention to create positive change. Leadership is mobilizing the support that one gathers, be it from ten people or ten million.
The most powerful part of leadership is its resources: people. Delegating responsibilities is crucial. With leadership, using people can be taken multiple ways. What has proven unsuccessful has been to attempt to do it all by myself. In the Fall of 2013, I coordinated a conference called Youth Leadership Training Convention. I was in-charge of doing so many tasks at once and I couldn’t juggle all of my responsibilities efficaciously. That is, until I learned from my mistakes, placed more responsibility in my peers, …show more content…
but MLK was different. Dr. King was fully committed to his cause (Toren, 2014). He had a dream and he did not stop until he accomplished it. Through all of the death threats, jailing, and push-back, he found a way to inspire thousands to challenge the status quo. Now, it is certainly not necessary for every leader to get into the danger MLK did but, leaders can learn that one must be all-in if they want to see full success. For Dr. King, it wasn’t about the pleasure of being able to gather thousands before him, it was the idea that those thousand were ready to become a community and act towards a common
The most powerful part of leadership is its resources: people. Delegating responsibilities is crucial. With leadership, using people can be taken multiple ways. What has proven unsuccessful has been to attempt to do it all by myself. In the Fall of 2013, I coordinated a conference called Youth Leadership Training Convention. I was in-charge of doing so many tasks at once and I couldn’t juggle all of my responsibilities efficaciously. That is, until I learned from my mistakes, placed more responsibility in my peers, …show more content…
but MLK was different. Dr. King was fully committed to his cause (Toren, 2014). He had a dream and he did not stop until he accomplished it. Through all of the death threats, jailing, and push-back, he found a way to inspire thousands to challenge the status quo. Now, it is certainly not necessary for every leader to get into the danger MLK did but, leaders can learn that one must be all-in if they want to see full success. For Dr. King, it wasn’t about the pleasure of being able to gather thousands before him, it was the idea that those thousand were ready to become a community and act towards a common