Posts tagged lack

We need leadership. It seems that every DBA or developer I talk to comments or complains about the lack of leadership in their company. It seems that despite the tremendous number of people acting as managers, team leads, and some other position of authority, we have few leaders.

Why is that? I’ve struggled with defining what a leader is, and what skills they have. However it seems that many military organizations all around the world are more successful at building leaders out of young people. Or is it that young people that make good leaders join the military?