A skill set called leadership

Leadership is like a cake recipe, it's a combination of things, some aspects need to be learnt, others need to be bought, and some are just there, pre-programmed. When I first baked a cake my mum showed me how to whisk eggs and how to grease a baking tin, these were skills I had to be taught. We went to a shop and bought flower, eggs, sugar, and butter, all ingredients that needed to be purchased. When the cake eventually came out of the oven I knew how I was going to decorate it, no one had to show me how to decorate a cake. Leadership is a skill set just as a cake recipe is a combination.

Leadership requires a number of different skills, all of which differ according to the environment. A good leader is taught kindness and respect during their upbringing; skills taught to them from a young age. An efficient leader delegates work to the person best suited. A great leader will always lead by example not because they want to or because someone tells them to, but because they know its the best possible way. Leadership is a combination, like a cake recipe, and its a combination of skills; some that are acquired from others and some that are just naturally part of one's personality. Becoming a great leader is like collecting a set of rare game cards; it takes patience, practice and perception.

Patience, Practice, and Perception: A three-tier cake
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