Transition into a true leader

Hi Sergio,

agree, we need to agree what we mean by a term like leadership.
Some thoughts:

Let us start with wikipedia which says it is the "ability of an individual or organization to "lead" or guide other individuals, teams, or entire organizations", while it is also states that different views exist between east and west, US and Europe etc. PMI also seems to say it is the 'ability to lead'.

Leadership can be learned (in contrast to older statements that leaders are born), has to do with power (influence), needs followers, is rather inspiration than motivation (or: a vision than objectives), is based on joint values and beliefs.
Project Management Leadership is generally discussed as being positive, e.g. like in servant leadership, probably because PMs need to develop skills in leading without authority and teaming is seen as mandatory (I have seen successful autocratic PMs using mostly coercion though, but also leaving behind a burnt environment). The joint values could be those of PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, maybe some more.

Leadership is not about certifications.

Hello Ela, A lot is already said in this thread. If you want to lead, you have to learn to lead yourself first. It is about finding what makes you want to be a leader in the first place. If you want to read more on leadership, I wrote a number of blogs on this issue. One of them:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dream-team-..._spock-articles