Leaders Are Made Every Day

There’s an age old question: Are Leaders born or made?

In our latest People Impact Podcast we explore this question and the ins and outs of Leadership.

Leadership is changing, evolving and being redefined. What used to be a small and privileged niche is now shifting, expanding and inviting us to reconsider some the old stories we used to buy into about Leadership.

Let’s face it, today, no one inside an organization is an island. We are interconnected, interdependent, and working together with other human beings is required no matter what kind of role you have.

Leadership is all about impact and you can have impact from any corner, any level, any chair, inside an organization.

Leadership ability starts with being able to understand yourself, being the leader of one before leading many. Leadership is also a daily (active) practice, it’s not a destination.

Leadership is about having a point of view - without judgment - owning your own point of view and accepting that it can and needs to co-exist with others.

The heart of the matter is that Leadership is a journey that beings wherever you are, right now. Just like being in intimate relationships, there’s an art and science to learning to do it well, and there’s a natural learning curve. And there's a HUGE power in holding your hand up and saying this is something “I want to learn”.

Leadership is an acquired skill set, an acquired mindset that all humans have capacity for. Take yourself seriously enough to slow down enough to observe and get curious about it.

You are a human being therefore you are also a leader.

Grant yourself the time and space to be the leader that is YOU.

Tune into the latest People Impact Podcast episode and hear how Leaders are made every day.

More about us:

Lisa Dempsey – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakdempsey/ - https://www.leadershiplabs.eu

Marjolijn Vlug – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjolijnvlug/ - https://www.marjolijnvlug.nl/?lang=en

Reach us both at PeopleImpactPodcast@gmail.com