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I have often heard people talk about discipline and getting to the top with it if I have an eye for the top. Though one cannot over-emphasize discipline, there is need to tread cautiously when relating Leadership with Discipline. From the dictionary, Discipline can be said to be the “Training of the mind and body to produce self-control, control gained as a result of training the mind and body, method of training”. It is the process of chastising or restraining one’s self in order to attain a goal or target that has been set for the greater good. From the Chinese, “The energy of the mind is the essence of life”. How well a person is able to make good use of the energy that his mind possesses and every opportunity that comes his/her way, and how well the energy and abilities are channeled in the right way to solve problems is a function of the level of discipline the person operated at. For leadership to blossom and grow effectively there must be discipline on the part of ...

Adaptability in Leadership depicts the ability of a leader to adapt to changes around him/her. This is a strong determining factor to how far S/He will go in leadership. Breaking the word down in two ways, we have: ADAPT and ABILITY . First we take a look at the word “ ADAPT ”. We can have the words “ AD ” and “ APT ”. We can also have the words “ ADD ” and “ APT ”. From the Dictionary the word “ AD ” means to advertise, to show, announce, to broadcast. The word “ APT ” is the short form of “ APTITUDE ” which means the “potential to acquire skill” or “quickness to learning; quickness and ease in learning”. Bringing them both together, AD-APT will mean the leader “showcasing/advertising/broadcasting or announcing his/her ability to learn about his/her environment, the people as well as him/herself in order to be an effective leader, OR, showcasing, publicizing his/her skills or abilities; Knowledge-Ability, Leadership abilities in a way and manner that fits the environment or t...

Every human being has some level of enthusiasm, but the cause of this may vary from person to person. I would not be defining enthusiasm here, but by the time you are done listening through, you would have had a good understanding of what enthusiasm is just enough to apply it to yourself and put up an explanation whenever the need arises. According to Ralph Waldo Emerson , “ Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm ”. If nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm, then nothing great will ever be achieved without it, even in leadership. For one to be an effective leader there has to be a good dose of enthusiasm operating in such a person. It is one of the things that endear the heart of a leader to the people being led, the area of assignment.  A leader who is not enthusiastic about what S/He is involved in will not achieve anything significant in his/her leading role. Enthusiasm spurs passion, and passion rolls with excellence. A leader that is not p...