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in his mind is intention, passion, and desire to across. From the second steps on, he
must choose the way to across it and prepare for dangerous ahead what is going to

happen. In the same way, the last strategy for a leader must taking charge is
development of self-regard. Even this strategy is in the last, it is one of the first steps to

move forward.

To sum up the four strategies of Bennis’s idea, “leaders are perpetual

learners. All of them regard themselves as “stretching,” “growing,” and “breaking new
ground.” Learning is the essential fuel for the leader. Very simply, those who do not

learn do not long survive as leaders. But they are not learning all the time. Leaders have
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discovered not just how to learn but how to learn in an organization context.”

Therefore, as modern generation believe that ‘leader is not born but made.’

By the definition of researcher mentioned above ‘Concept of leadership is learnable,
and observable that everyone can develop it to become something, and also can learn

and make themselves to become leader of self, family, community, country and world.

2.3.1.3 The Qualities of Leadership

Bennis’s four strategies are based on interviewing with ninety leaders around

to complete his researching book, “Leaders Strategies for Taking Charge”. Thus, when
he elaborates the final strategy IV that “When we asked our ninety leaders about the

personal qualities, they needed to run their organizations, they never mentioned

charisma, or dressing for success, or time management or any of the other glib formulas
that pass for wisdom in the popular press. Instead, they talked about persistence and

self-knowledge; about willingness to take risks and accept losses; about commitment,
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consistency and challenge. But, above all, they talked about learning.” Due to the
perspectives of different scholars, the qualities of leadership also can be produced in

numerous diversities as follow:

50 Warren G. Bennis and Burt Nanus, Leaders Strategies for taking Charge, (New
York: HarperCollins, 2007), p. 176.
51 Warren G. Bennis and Burt Nanus, Leaders Strategies for taking Charge, (New
York: HarperCollins, 2007), pp. 175-176.