"Leadership develops daily, not in a day, points out John Maxwell in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007). He argues...
"Becoming a leader is a lot like investing successfully in the stock market. If your hope is to make a fortune in a day, you're not going to be successful...
"Although it is true that some people are born with greater natural gifts than others, the ability to lead is really a collection of skills, nearly all of which can be learned and improved. But that process doesn’t happen overnight. Leadership is complicated. It has many facets: respect, experience, emotional strength, people skills, discipline, vision, momentum, timing – the list goes on. As you can see, many facets that come into play in leadership are intangible. That’s why leaders require so much seasoning to be effective."
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