Wednesday, March 15, 2006

The Incidental Leader

Leader...


I read somewhere that Leaders are either born or hired .True it may sound ,however I would choose to disagree .

There is a saying that some are born great ,others have greatness thrust upon them.Same holds true for leadership.
Some of us are descendants of the orignal Alpha Male and have leadership traits geneticaly jackhammered in our DNA ...These people are BORN TO LEAD..(sidestepping the nature vs nurture debate)...charishma flows as freely as filth in Yamuna .People gravitate towards them as easily as ur mom/bhabhi would towards a saas bahooooo weepie .Their ascend to leadership roles is natural as a Bihari MP becoming the Railways Minister .Their activities make case study at HBS and are seen sharing the dais with glamour and royalty ....

And some of us have leadership (roles )thrust upon us as a result of ...donkeys years with an organization/bosses qutting/marrying the chairman's only daughter /baba blaaksheepz tilasmi taweez /washing our shirt with Rin Supreme /Wearing XYZ underwear/Martian Invasions /blah blah....The point is ...the gauntlet has been thrown...Now what ??


In the coming posts I would like to discuss the strategy for the Incidental leader ..

7 comments:

Paresh Sharma said...

What happned Kapil? Tell me the truth...is your boss an ass hole or you are not able to control your subordinates....????

Incidental Leader...hmm...like to read more about that thought.

Regards,
Paresh Sharma

Kapil said...

well ... the natural leaders are hardly 5 prcnt ..rest 95 prcnt bask in the reflected glory ...sometimes even those 5 prcnt do not get the opportunity(like me :p)
On a serious note..i will outline some skills that can be worked on to achive success...well as they say..fake it till u make it

Paresh Sharma said...

Very True....See I always agree with your perception.

I remember the days when you used to talk about UFO's and Aliens in the middle of the night on the roof of our Hari Boyz Hostel...Man I miss those discussions now.

You know sometimes I used to think that you were some kind of Alien . But afterwards I realized that I was also on the same platform. Because its so comfortable to know when someone understands you and when you understand someone. Good going man...I shall be waiting for your next post.

I wonder what would Karan Kapoor write..if he started some blog. I would expect some great one liners....CHATA KYA HAI? I heard he is on Pluto these days....god damn alien meetings.

Kapil said...

well karan kapoor is training his army for intergalactic warfare thr...hez preparin 2 lay siege on planet earth soon...u knw hez considered a hero n a god on pluto....It is kinda cold thr on pluto ...n even the population was dwindling coz the males were not able 2 find mates...kapoor saab just identified the ones with" GARAM HEATER"(rmmbr tht line)...n won the affection of the plutoites....now hez considered the God of Fertility n continuity thr..Continuity makes sense coz hez beeen thr b4 the bing bang n still refuses to hang his chappal..but ferility ??? mayb coz they noted tht his reproductive body fluid had more fungii thn nethin

Paresh Sharma said...

Lol....hmm you need to write a biography on him. It can be a best seller of our times.

Kapil said...

well if i write somethin bout him...they mite create a religion ovr his teachings and sayings...n rituals ovr his hand gestures :)

Kapil said...

gawwwd ..no1 intrested ...then i'l keep the wrk 2 mahslf or throw it in some trg module :(