[Vnbiz] Staying to be a leader - the de facto leader

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear CACC,

Let me continue this series with the "de facto leader" subject.  This is a
subject that anyone who studies leadership is familiar with.   Generally
there are two kinds of leader: De jure leader (leader in law) and de facto
leader (leader in fact).  De jure leader means a person with an official
leadership title, such as a department head.  De facto leader means a person
who actually leads the group, who may or may not have a leadership title.

A person may be a de facto and de jure leader, or s/he can be just a de
facto leader while not a de jure leader.  Say, in a department there is this
lady who, without any official title, has the ability to make the entire
department agree with her on many major issues.  She is the department's de
facto leader (though not a de jure leader).

A de facto leader is the true leader of a group.  The de jure leader may be
just hu+~u danh vo^ thu+.c . Thus, in the study of leadership, the ability
to be a de facto leader is the key of the study.

My question here is:  How does a person develop the skill to convince
many people to agree with her?

Would you like to share your observation and experience?

Have a great day!

Hoanh
-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
Attorney of Law
Washington DC
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