A determining role at the behest of a social group
Leader is a term that we usually hear and mention with recurrence in our language and if we belong to a group, at work, at school, or friends, without a doubt, we will recognize it, we will have lived or we live with it and why not also we can ourselves, if we meet the qualities of the case, exercise that social role, so determining and important at the request of a group.
Characteristics, special conditions that a person must meet to become a leader
Because the Leader is the person who acts as the guide or head of a group, but beware, not all of us are in a position to be leaders, there are characteristics, special conditions that a person must meet to become a leader.
Charisma
To begin with, it is important that his peers or the rest of the members of the group recognize in him special abilities that are not found in the rest and then naturally they make him a leader. Among them we can mention the charisma and the angel, as it is popularly said, that will make the person make a good impression of movement both in the group and outside it. Charisma is extremely important because it has been proven that it allows us to achieve things, but not just anything but those that the group needs.
Ability to influence peers
Another virtue that we can recognize in a leader as essential is that of having the ability to influence their peers, in the other subjects, both their behavior and their words, manage to penetrate so deeply in the rest of the individuals that it manages to encourage them to also work towards the achievement of a common objective.
Normally this profile is called motivator because it is precisely capable of motivating through its sayings, harangues, to its companions, to be victorious in a proposed objective. In the sports field, to make it clearer with an example, the presence of a motivating leader within the group is vital, who can be embodied by the coach and also by a player who has good communication with all his teammates.
Identification with the group. Standing out. Know how to direct and organize. Develop strategies
Other conditions that a leader must observe and that are in addition to those already indicated are: belonging to the group he leads, sharing the cultural patterns and meanings that the group proposes, that is, fully identifying with the group in which he participates and demonstrating it with facts; excel in the interesting, be the most brilliant in a certain area, the best at organizing, the most diplomatic, most aggressive, holy or kind, as appropriate, monitor, direct, motivate and organize the group and ability to formulate strategies. Many times not only is consensus and acceptance enough to succeed in something, a good plan may also be needed to specify what is wanted and then the leader must know how to design it, implement it and give each member a role that adds to the achievement.
The leader in sport
In the field of sport, more precisely in those group disciplines such as soccer, basketball, among others, the appearance of a leader often occurs frequently, generally this role will be embodied by that player with the longest trajectory and recognition for achievements obtained, who in some way will assume the voice and when the vote is necessary, to fight for the rights or needs of the group and to infect their companions of strength and desire in order to achieve the proposed objective, which may be to obtain the championship in which they participate.
Common types of leaders
Depending on the way in which you lead the group, we may meet different types of leaders. The authoritarian leaderIt will be the one who makes the decisions without consulting them with the group he directs, it goes without saying that this leader will not be the so-called leader agreed upon and accepted by the group but that his leadership is supported by the disposition of power, leaving the rest to the option of abide; the Democratic leader, discuss the alternatives with the group and decide by consensus, without a doubt, it is the most positive option for the group and the type that best fits the definition of leader; and the Laissez Faire or also called Liberal Leader, which is characterized by displaying passive behavior, delegating power to others.
But this is not the only classification, there is another way to classify them, which is according to the influence they exert on their subordinates. Here we will meet him charismatic leader, which is the one who will come to modify the values, beliefs and attitudes of his followers or with the transactional leader, who, on the contrary, will limit itself to providing the resources that it considers valid for the group.
On the other hand, the methodology for choosing that guide or leader will also determine another type of leader. The formal ones, which are those elected by an organization and the informal ones, which emerge naturally and spontaneously from the group itself.
