‘The Hidden Power,’ Host Dr Susan Koruthu
Can everyone be a leader – Yes, but not everyone can be a powerful leader. Leadership can be taught – yes, the skills can be, the qualities can be developed, but there are inborn traits that decide the type of leader in you. There are different types of leaders, altruistic, people-oriented, action-oriented and the like. But to be a political and business leader, you need to be more of a power-oriented leader.
As many of the trainers or motivational speakers say, leadership cannot be taught, only the skills can be taught, for example, communication, assertive behaviour, thinking skills, people management skills, goal setting and planning, self-management, team management, delegation, influencing skills, emotional intelligence skills.
The qualities can be developed to an extent such as honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, gratitude, empathy, courage, respect, accountability. You as a leader should possess the traits as high tolerance, emotional strength, transcendence, judgment, intelligence to be a strong leader
To be a powerful political or business leader, you need few unique traits such as narcissistic traits, dark empaths, and dark triad traits to manage your diverse empire. You should be able to play emotional games, able to silence any voice against you. Able to create well-functioning flying monkeys, required amount of gaslighting when faced with allegations.
The dark traits can help in conflict resolution, lead the group in vulnerable or tough situations, make quick decisions in complex situations, and will never give up on their goals whatever may happen. The dark empath trait is recently revealed in psychology and the traits fit with powerful political or business leaders. A dark empath can be kind, passionate and emotionally connect to others but they seem cold and have dark personality traits. They have a higher ability to make sense of other’s motives and the ability to make decisions and the ability to engage in adaptive psychopathic behaviour when necessary. The powerful political and business leaders also possess the adaptive psychopath's traits; they allow others to make decisions but retain the ability to choose when to participate and when not to.
They possess cognitive empathy and their dark traits will help in deal with situations that demand high-level performance such as those faced with health workers, soldiers, and other high-risk jobs where the emotions take a back seat and help people to make cold and simplified decisions. Their empathetic information combined with useful psychopathic mental processes can help deal with threats that conflict with their values and beliefs. One of the common traits that usually dominate the dark triad is the need for power. They like it because it defines them. Their dark traits help them to be in powerful leadership positions.
Dr Susan Koruthu is a multifaceted life psychologist and mind wellness coach, and author who helps build healthy and successful lives. Through her ‘The Hidden Power’ podcasts, she gives you insights into various vital areas of life and creates a magnificent life of your choice.
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