▶ It is often said that it is better to become a leader than just a member of a group.
Although some people may disagree with the statement above.
I firmly believe that being a leader is very difficult.
There are several reasons for my opinon. but two of the most ones are as follows.
First, It is too hard to make a good decision. many people may disagree with it because they think they make lots of decisions everyday at work. however it is totally different. To make a decision which is related to the important project has to be considered in many ways as the result can be connected to the salary of team employees. that's why the team leader's decision and responsibility is important.
therefore many leaders experience severe stress from their work. according to the research conducted by korea national university in korea has shown that over 80% of respondent had a thinking to quit the work and wanted to avoid that situation when they were a team leader. It means that being a leader is very stressful and leader has to be a good decision maker. therefore I definitly to be a follower.
Second, leader should have a people skill. a team is consisted of many people. as they are totally different, there could be some conflict among them. what the leader has to is handling this problem well.
if bad circumstance is made in the team with fighting, I am sure that the project will fail.
For instance, I was belonging to a certain team at my company, one of my co-worker was too lazy and I feel he didn't want to work hard. he just spent time chatting and talking through the phone with his son. even though everyone in team knew this fact, however nobody said anything to him, what they did was just ignoring him. how about my boss? Even though my boss had to do any actions against him, he didn't do. as a result, team employees were also lost thir passion for work. the project eventually failed.
it indicates that leader has to have good skill as to dealing with people.
To sum up, being a leader is very difficult. as the leader has a good skill to handle people and also responsiblity and leadership. I believe that it is very stressful position.
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