Most times I do say something, and I know it's just the fact, but when things have not yet surfaced, we won't believe it is the fact. What is this thing I am talking about? Before choosing someone for a leadership post or giving someone a leadership mantle, you really need to do a background check and know if the person or people are truly the right person to take up the mantle of leadership. To be a leader is not just by mouth, and one thing my boss will always tell me is that, to be a leader, you must be ready to serve those you are acting as a leader to.
Most of the time, when we are appointed as leaders, especially when we do not have the experience of leadership, people tend to misbehave, causing problems to themselves and also to the post given to them. Imagine when you are a leader, and you give authority to people, and then you expect everything you do or say to be the final. Is that supposed to be? As a leader, you must be open to corrections because we are all not complete, and we are all created to always complete each other.
I was involved in a case this afternoon about some of my younger fellows who were given a leadership post and what they did that is now causing havoc. What went wrong initially? The person that is the leader had some complaints about his assistant not doing what he was supposed to do, and then most of those they regard as elderly people amongst them spoke to them and settled the case for them, but then the assistant made mention of the person that led to always want to have his way with everything which is not right.
When I was called upon this afternoon, I felt bother again because I don't like when you talk to someone and the person does not regard you or feels like he or she is the Alpha of everything. No matter the position you might be in this life, there is always someone who is always above you, if not in all cases. Just as we know, only God has the highest authority, which I feel no one can change. But as regarding us humans, rules can be bent at any time.
Still on the fact that to be a leader it is not just something you can Just do on your own because there are some things you do, and it can be someone very low to you in your rank that will see something and wants to correct you from the mistake you are making, which you as a leader won’t know you are making that mistake. That is why I always tell people that no matter your position in life, you must always regard everyone around you because those you see as inferior to you can be the ones that will help you rise from your downfall because, as a leader, it is very easy for you to fall at any point in time. The success of every leader lies in the hands of those that are subordinate to him or her. Treat them well.