Okay short post, and this time I will stay true to that. It’s not my fault I get carried away.

With this whole pandemic business, we have come to know our leader’s characters better than ever because an issue like a global pandemic has very quick feedback when it comes to mismanagement and poor planning.

What I’ve come to realise is that although we refer to these individuals as leaders, in reality they are just roles fulfilled by people. That’s right, heads of state and heads of health departments like all other departments are just roles. The thing about that is, the people in those roles come and go but the role itself remains. So, in many respects our leaders are more just functions than anything else.

This prompted me to think about what it means to be a leader, and the answer I came to was that true leadership isn’t a role. It is an attitude and value structure. COVID-19 has exposed a lot of leaders who lack leadership. That can be a very disturbing thing to uncover, as the people in charge may lack the qualities that we expect to be enshrined within serving that role.

However, what I found heart in, is that because leadership isn’t necessarily a role. That means anyone can display what it means to be a leader.

I’m always reminding myself of the old saying of

“Leaders eat last”

Now, that isn’t about leaders being the last to eat a meal, although that literal interpretation is also valid. It’s more the principle that leaders are ones that serve the community and others before they serve themselves. It is about putting the group interest above that of your own immediate interest. This idea is something we can all put into action in our own lives, regardless of what station of society we hold.

Food for thought I guess.

Once again, keep living your lives building each day to be better than the last my Hedites.

We got this.