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January - 2007 - issue > Leadership
Tight the drum, better the sound
Harish Revanna
As told to Harish Revanna
I’m no iconoclast of the stereotypical image of a leader that many have formed in their minds. But, leaders are not what you typically think as some divine gifted spirits who know what to do (and do always right). No, it is not true. It is not always about the fan following or the multi tasking abilities. The dichotomy (often the secret) of leadership is such that: Followers think they learn from the leader while the leader is learning from his followers.
So, to nail my point on its head, every leader is also being lead in his life. The person who leads me is whom I call mentor—professionally or personally. Since the days of my graduation at IIT Kharagpur, and me stepping into the professional life, my mentors were different than who they are today. That is how leadership is…you evolve with support from your mentors and look for a new mentor talented with leadership quality and management.
But that look out isn’t any kind of outrageous ranting of victory. Remember, every step you took to climb higher, are the ones set up by your previous mentors. They have literally built the stairway of success to walk on. Winning is partly a product of co-relating with your mentors and partly working towards being a winner. However, these mentors aren’t the ones you go searching for but are discovered—each time surprising you. “They happen.”
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