INFLUENCE IN
LEADERSHIP
The necessity of
influence in a leader’s life and his leadership cannot be over emphasised as
leadership itself is influence. Dr. Maxwell will always say that “if you don’t
have influence, you will never be able to lead others”. Leading without
influence is like gathering water in a basket but with it you are limitless in
your achievement. The power of influence in leadership is typified by mother
Teresa. She was described by Lucinda Vardey as “the quintessential, energetic entrepreneur, who has perceived a need and done something about it, built an organisation against all odds, formulated its constitution, and sent out branches all over the world”. Today, worldwide her charity organisation has outlived her. Her impact wasn’t just within her immediate environment, it went beyond that. Even when other organisations in the Catholic Church were dwindling, hers was touching the life of people from
all walks of life. People from all nations around the globe respected her, and when she spoke, people listened.
In one of her speeches where she
was advocating for resources for less privileged ones and the old ones. People were happy with her, but as she spoke
she condemned abortion. In her words “I feel that the greatest destroyer of
peace today is abortion”, she said with reasons. She didn’t stop there, before
she was through with her speech, she has almost offended everyone there.
If it had been anyone else
around the globe had said what she said, the public’s reaction would have been
hostile openly and abusive. But the speaker is Mother Teresa. Not minding
peoples view about it, she spoke. The people swallowed their resentments about
the topic, sat down with their being uncomfortable with it and listened. In
fact when Mother Teresa talks, people listens. Why? She is a powerful and a
real leader. The power of influence in leadership.
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