Top of the chart - Leadership virtue !

Leadership is one favorite topic that countless books , videos and content has been curated ! While each one of us would have our own viewpoint about the top  attribute of a great leader, but interesting thing I can guess is that majority of us would have different top leadership virtue to list. I don't have ready data to prove this hypothesis, but have decent confidence on this. One of the reason is  this is because even my top leadership virtue has been changing as time has gone by in my working career. 


 My latest pick for top of the chart leadership virtue is "Public Oratory Skills". Reason this particular one grabbed my attention is because of the one single event that recently happened in our country that captured mind and space of every Indian. Yes, I'm talking about General Elections and the fierce fight between political parties was truly a spectacle. Now all that is normal but difference this year was Narendra Modi. I was fascinated by the speeches he gave in multiple rallies. His public oratory skills were truly top notch and swayed millions of voters to his party. How a leader can use his oratory skills combined of course with other skills to sway votes of 600 million voters was truly remarkable. I could then draw some parallels to Barak Obama and his mass appeal he created during his election rallies.

 I further went back to see some other real big leaders this world has seen and many of the world leaders we can remember were remarkable orators who could attract millions of fans. Examples are many but few to name are Martin Luther King, Malcom X etc.

Leave some comments if you agree or disagree !





 

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