#12- Quality of a Leader- A Leader Should Be Able to Develop Other Leaders

You can only say that your organization is growing and leading towards the achievement of your goals when your people are growing. By growing, I mean being the next leaders that can help you carry the load, or carry a greater load in order to make things easier for all of you and make your success much nearer.

An effective leader can produce other leaders from his team. Otherwise, he is merely a guide that only directs his team towards somewhere he is not even sure of going, and nothing more. A good leader takes responsibilities, has strength of character, and is an effective communicator. He is an adviser, a mentor, a listener, and a friend all rolled into one. Who cannot develop better persons when you possess all these qualities?

Some leaders, as they call themselves, cannot develop other leaders usually because of their negative mentality. They see their people as hindrances for their personal success. They think, If I train my people to be better, they might turn out to be better than I am. These kinds of leader see leadership as competition instead of cooperation between them and their people. With this concept of leadership, it is no wonder why the team isn't growing and succeeding.

Either this or some leaders are just incapable of training their people to be potential leaders. In this case, you might want to assess yourself again if you are one effective leader. Those who are can train and develop other leaders.

Let me quote Peter Drucker as he said, "No executive has ever suffered because his people were strong and effective." Yes, there really is no harm in bringing out the best in your people. In fact, it is also you who benefits as you get brilliant minds to help you make decisions, organize the team, and develop more leaders again.

Therefore, before you really consider yourself an effective leader and a winner, you should be able to impart your wisdom, share your skills and abilities, and mold people to be as effective and successful as you are, if not better.