Leaders are created by the demands that are placed on them.
A leader can be defined as the person who motivates his/her followers to achieve a common goal whether social, political or institutional. A leader must have some essential qualities such as competence, experience, integrity and ambitions to be successful. Indeed, meeting the demands of their followers mould these qualities in an individual and makes him their leader. However, the legacy of his leadership is only defined by his ability to lead and guide his followers in the process of meeting those demands and afterwards.
The statement holds merit due to the fact that history is replete with examples of great leaders born when there was a dire demand for certain political or social rights from the people. For example, during industrial revolution in the early 20th century, every country was trying to increase its productivity at cost of inhuman working hours and conditions for the labours. Then the demand for labour rights resulted in labour unions and hence, created labour leaders. Similarly, the demand for human rights in the face of discrimination and inequality in South Africa created Nelson Mandela. After every economic crisis, exacerbated by gross inflation, poor living standards, bad healthcare, sub-standard education, when there is an election people elect political representatives or leaders whom they expect to meet their demands.
Some may argue that leaders are also created by the system of a country or an institution. For example, in a monarchical state, the state head is decided by his/her lineage. However, one must note that there is a difference in public perception of a head and a leader. While the former have people working for him/her, the latter have people following him/her. For instance, England has been ruled over a millennia by different monarchs, yet the legacy of Queen Elizabeth I’s leadership stand out from the rest not because of her lineage, rather due to her ability bring about much demanded religious, political and military reforms. Similarly, in a corporate organization or technical institution, the head is chosen based on the credentials and qualities of the candidate, however, he or she is only perceived as a leader after meeting the goals and demands of the organization.
Still, one must note that the legacy of a leader is not established by merely meeting populist demands but rather through his ability to guide and lead his followers in the most effective way. For example, during the British colonial rule in India, there was a national outrage and demand for independence. This demand gave Mahatma Gandhi an opportunity to rise to the occasion. However, the popular sentiment was for militant agitation against the British for independence, while Mahatma Gandhi had his own way of non-violent movement called ‘Satyagraha’ which then, through his ability to convince and guide the masses, gradually resounded with the public and proved effective in purging the colonists. On the other hand, Mohammed Ali Jinnah also fulfilled the demand of his followers for a new state but with much human carnage. Had Gandhi merely focussed on the ‘end’ of meeting the public demands rather than the means to achieve it like Jinnah, his name would not have immortalized in the annals of history.
In conclusion, demands certainly create leaders, but their leadership can only be sustained by their ability to lead their people in the best way while meeting those demands as well as afterwards, rather than just toadying up to the ever changing irrational demands of their followers to just stay in power.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 9, column 10, Rule ID: MASS_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error - use third-person verb forms for singular and mass nouns: 'argues'.
Suggestion: argues
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, hence, however, if, may, similarly, so, still, then, well, while, as for, for example, for instance, in conclusion, such as, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 25.0 14.8657303371 168% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 77.0 58.6224719101 131% => OK
Nominalization: 19.0 12.9106741573 147% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3036.0 2235.4752809 136% => OK
No of words: 578.0 442.535393258 131% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25259515571 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.90322654589 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.89739446696 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 287.0 215.323595506 133% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.496539792388 0.4932671777 101% => OK
syllable_count: 960.3 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 26.0 23.0359550562 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 75.2315434108 60.3974514979 125% => OK
Chars per sentence: 138.0 118.986275619 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.2727272727 23.4991977007 112% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.5 5.21951772744 144% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.83258426966 124% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.209742138814 0.243740707755 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0737261187211 0.0831039109588 89% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.049194168261 0.0758088955206 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.132270056622 0.150359130593 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.018909030619 0.0667264976115 28% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.4 14.1392134831 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 36.63 48.8420337079 75% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.6 12.1743820225 120% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.47 12.1639044944 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.11 8.38706741573 109% => OK
difficult_words: 153.0 100.480337079 152% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 11.2143820225 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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