A true leader

Often we are asked to write essays on a good leader, the person you admire most, the person you want to follow. Most ones would write about Mahatma Gandhi, their own dads, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Ambani etc etc. Let me speak about the leader I admired, I mean I still do.

        I had turned a week old at work after completion of my first phase of training. Now comes, the second phase. A seemingly young guy stepped in. He introduced himself to be the trainer for the rest of the duration. He informed that we were his first batch. He had never trained anyone. But we never felt that he was a new bee, during the course of the training. He was flawless, answering the stupidest of doubts that we had with no pauses. Once you are out of the training, he will be your friend more than your trainer. We could discuss anything to everything and yes everything!!

     We started working and soon he got promoted. His peers murmured, however I personally felt, he deserved it more than anybody else around. Soon I became part of his team. He was encouraging to the core. Every small piece of success at work was much appreciated during team huddles. Also the team strived to achieve more, especially with tempting offers like “Get the figures, pizza for breakfast”.  It was a competitive atmosphere at work, with all his assistance, all the time. Our pride was at stake. But the sad part was for those who didn’t follow the rule book. Half an hour of breakfast break extended for a 10 more led to serious question -answer sessions. Few were miffed. But, nobody could question, when he himself followed the same rule. At times, we were asked to work for 6 days a week; he made sure that he was available for the same 6 days. So, nobody found a chance to complain neither could anyone question his hard work and dedication at any point of time. He was the one whom his superiors could completely rely on. I felt if he was working for me, I could have planned a trip to the Bahamas for a month without worries.

   Time flied, he climbed up the success ladder. He had to.  Hard work will reap its fruits sooner or later.  So guys stop complaining about your peers mistakes and scoring the brownie points, instead start performing on your own, sooner or later you will do get noticed! You don’t need to keep telling everyone who you are and what you are doing.  A true leader always gives credit to his team and takes the responsibility for any flaws by his team and he was/is indeed a true leader.