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Which type of leader is best?

M ost people have ideas, but only few express them and fewer have the courage to share them and rare are the people who get the opportunity to implement them.   In that sense I have been fortunate to be bursting with ideas and concepts, articulate them freely and had great opportunities to try them out. I am often invited to speak to students, and various groups. The topics vary but leadership is rather high in demand. There seems to be very many myths about leadership. There is a belief that leadership is about amassing power and repeatedly demonstrating that power.  When leading blood thirsty hordes then physical control is preferable, and the leader may have to be at the front of the mob or troops to inspire them. Leading from the front is sometimes required, but only under exceptional circumstances like a grave crisis. However the leader who demands that he or she be central and involved in every thought and action of the organisation or family is actually doing ...