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LEADERSHIP REFLECTIONS 18

Mentoring is an inevitable and non-negotiable part of  leadership that  makes a leader, the Pioneer Leader. Just like a man giving birth to a child and raising him into a son, so it is expected of the Pioneer Leader to raise the followers at the end of the leadership cycle into fellow leaders, which determines whether that leadership will be relevant in the next 2 generations.

It is only impotent men who cannot reproduce them, likewise, impotent Pioneer Leaders will refuse to reproduce themselves and would rather prefer to have perpetual followers, little wonder their leadership never outlives them. Leadership without any deliberate effort to mentor the young is a step forward and two steps backward, and will never leave an indelible mark on the sands of time. Are your mentoring the young under you as the Pioneer Leader?

Elvis C. Umez
Leadership Consultant
School of Leadership Development (SOLD)
IDB Consult

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