So who belongs to this elusive and really sought after species called leaders. If you all remember in our childhood when we would be left all alone on the school ground and start playing with our friends there will be this one daring adventure spirited friend of ours whom everyone would like to follow he would be the leader of the pack when it comes to naughtiness he would be the one to lay rules which others would gladly follow since given the unfamiliar condition they may not know how to react. Similarly even now as adults when a group of us are pushed into uncharted territory (which an MBA course often does) we look among each other and try to find ways to deal with what’s given to us and that is when it is absolutely necessary to keep your calm to maintain your composure try and remember all that you have retained from your previous experience to help your group overcome the situation. Thus it is as Skinner would say the environment which caused or conditioned you to search for the skills in your repertoire to take care of the situation and hence an MBA class indeed develops leaders. So to dissect this situation a little further what are the kinds of these people; are they the extravert's energy filled life of the party type people who are genetically made to take the first step who clash in and thus usurp the position leaving the introverts who would assess the situation with deep thoughts and then come up with a solution with a distinct disadvantage. I think not because as a leader it is also imperative how well would you be taken by the others in the group since one may usurp the position of a leader temporarily but the acid test comes in helping the members in times of distress holding the fort when everything else seems to slip in darkness and thus whether an alpha male or mother elephant (matriarch) ones position will only be granted by the followers and cannot be taken by will and here it does not make a difference whether you are extrovert or introvert.
So since I believe that the ingredient or the potions of witchcraft that makes a leader consists of both genetic as well as environment conditions and thus a MBA class may be a fertile ground to develop these skills rather groom someone to be a leader. I would whole heartedly appreciate readers who may disagree with me and comment on this article to increase my own paradigm of leadership
Yours truly
TISSIAN
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