Leadership by laughing a lot..

Over the past few years thanks to experiences in university, at Nineo and RealAcad, I’ve seen many a different leadership style thanks to various inspiring people I have encountered.

Of the many leadership styles I’ve seen, the common ones have been –

1) Lead from the front: This typifies the inspirational leader who inspires all with a great vision and is on the forefront of everything.

2) Lead from behind: This is the other big leadership where we have leaders in the background who push the team with great interpersonal relationships and gentle pushing and prodding..

3) Gofer delegation: Leaders who ‘delegate’ by micromanaging – ‘Go for this.. go for that’ etc i.e. those who love the control.

4) Keep the power: These are leaders who generally are good with people but withhold all information i.e. keep their cards close to their chest.

It’s been a nice experience with every kind of leader because you learn from their strengths. A new type of leadership I have been exposed to of late has been ‘Leadership by laughing a lot’.

I’ve spent 1 month of work and every day at the office has been an opportunity to laugh loud and laugh at myself thanks to a great boss! I never really thought of this as a leadership style in the first couple of weeks – I just thought of my boss as one of the nicest people I have met. But, of late, I’ve been feeling the power – It’s Sunday night and I’m already looking forward to the work week thanks to the office being such a fun and happy place. And I’ve realized that the biggest reason is the fact that my boss never hesitates to laugh at herself..

Two quotes that I really believe in come to my mind –

‘The biggest mistake adults make is that they forget what it is to be young’

and

‘Our first true moment of growth is when we laugh loud and hard at ourselves’

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Here’s to laughing and growing!