More On The Leaders Of Leaders

I suggest that employees or others connected to the leader of leaders benefit from that relationship. They have a “role model” who teaches through being who and what they are and not necessarily through any awareness on their part. I suspect that most prime leaders are not aware of what they do as role models, but only that they are committed to honest relationships and a level playing field with the people in their life.

These complex revelations occurred to me full-blown about a month ago. The people that become sub-leaders become so because of their relationship with the leader of leaders. This relationship happens for two reasons: The prime leader wants it, and the person becoming a sub-leader knows their stuff and, with the help and protection of the LOL, accepts this responsibility.

And now, the problem I discovered: The person that undertakes the role of a sub-leader as an adult usually does not have a history as a self-determined person who has been oneself.  Our prime leader has never been anything else. Without the aid and nurturing of the prime leader, the sub-leaders do not become leaders by themselves. The battles they lost as children leave too many scars and memories, and without a strong role model to help them overcome their past, it will not happen.

The battle as a child to keep one’s own voice to follow one’s own developing path is an uneven one, and the great majority of humans give in.  But I do not believe the “self “is gone. It is set aside, hopefully, to be rediscovered through meeting with a leader of leaders. Being good at what you do, being honest, being a student, and the many serendipitous events make this a possibility.

 Sy

Author: Sy Ogulnick

Sy Ogulnick received a BA from UCLA, Teacher’s Credential from Los Angeles Board of Education and completed phase I (Master’s portion) in a Doctor of Behavioral Science program at California Coast University. Sy leased and operated a summer day camp in LA. He and his wife then purchased virgin wilderness land in Northern CA, where they built and operated a coed summer camp. They moved to Las Vegas, NV, and purchased, built and operated a community children’s program for families staying in a major resort casino in Las Vegas. They have created programs for children nationwide that employed many people and in the process developed successful training programs for personnel. This led Sy to lecture on how to train staff and the creating of community within the workplace. Sy was then invited to speak at professional conferences on how best to hire and train employees, which led to his becoming a consultant in the art of improving relationships in a work environment and eventually to his epiphany that “Leaders are the primary problem and the answer to the personnel issues that arise in the workplace.” Sy has written numerous papers on the subject of interpersonal relationships, leadership and power. He has lectured throughout the United States, has been interviewed by the media and has appeared on many radio and TV talk shows View all posts by Sy Ogulnick