Leadership — the big brain theory

Leadership is a very crucial part of our lives as social beings. At every stage of our lives, we are entrusted with some form of leadership responsibilities. We even have to lead our selves. In this article I will be looking at organizational leadership. By nature, humans always want to take charge and be in control. So when we are given leadership positions, we tend to monitor every detail of work done in the organization because we want to make sure that things work out the way we want it to. But should this always be the case?

Let us consider a particular group of church knights. They were 16 in number and were led by Francis. Every year on Christmas eve day, Francis and his team had to prepare the church for the mass in the evening. They had to set up the crib. To do this they had to move the crib to position, cover the floor with hay, hang the lights and the stars, wipe and place the statues. They also had to set up the altar. To do this they had to create a design plan, measure the cloth and pin the linens to the altar to make up the design. Francis divided the team into two groups. The first group was to work on the crib and the other was to work on the altar. However, Francis would not let them do the work without him, he wanted the designs to come out perfectly. So the crib team had to wait for him to create the design of the altar with the altar team. When they had finished…