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Why We Are Failing Young Leaders and What To Do About It?

We may have already turned our next Abraham Lincoln or Maya Angelou into a manager, and not a leader. That’s because for the last 60 years we’ve used the terms interchangeably, which has led to the biggest myth of our time; that being a manager automatically makes someone a leader. Which, for anyone who has ever had a bad boss, knows this couldn’t be further from the truth.

There are no prerequisites to being a leader. Functional duties or the power a person commands have no impact on the type of leader they are, or more importantly the one they can become. No matter a person’s status, job title, or years of experience, anyone can become a leader once they understand what it means to truly follow someone else; and is exactly what we need to be teaching to our next generation of leaders.

About Joe Reichert

Joe Reichert is a TEDx speaker, leadership coach, aerospace program manager, and author of the book Leader Relativity: Finally a Starting Point for New Leaders. He is one of the youngest coaches in USARL history, is a former college football national champion, and he now believes that every person has the potential to be a life changing leader once they know the basics of how leadership actually works.