Experience is the word

there is an abstract element to dealing with people

but you can learn that anywhere and apply it anywhere else

the leader learns 'the hierarchy' more than any skill he does within that hierarchy

Kind of but it has to be in a similar environment

hence the hierarchy component

Send the mechanic to a couple psychology classes and management seminars, done.

negative

Noooo

hehe

psyhcology, in my opinion; worst thing for the West

oh god most of the mechanics i know would eat them alive.

because instead of said knowledge being held by those with most expeience, it is wielding by all

Its better to just pick people from those already exhibiting the right behaviour then training somebody who has no skill because if we're being real here you have to fucking work at any skill to really develop it and those people fucking won't do that if they don't already show the initiative

but you get my point, it's not a lot of catchup when he already has a large baseline

true. but there are different types of initiative

most of it is confidence building in the new role, fix it with additional training

not so sure about that

some people lack confidence, yes but also some people aren't suited for that particular task

confidence from competence

Its way broader then that

is my meaning

it's as much about matching the tool with the task as anything elsle

arrogance is different

i do think "train the person who has been doing the job to lead" is better than "bring in someone else trained to lead"

definately true

and find someone who doesn't WISH to lead

but recongizes the importance of leadership

and is good at it

Funny how the motto, "I'm in charge... until I die or someone better comes along to replace me" comes to mind

mmm

People in charge will not promote people they consider threats to their position

Often

if they won't , these are bad leaders

competition and not doing right by your community...

hence why I said, "Someone that doesn't want to lead but rather wants the best leader"

In a perfect world yeah

if the best is him, he'll take point

but he doesn't HAVE to take point

It's partly why the elite class would rather import low class workers rather than empower their own people to encourage them to breed, it invites too much competition

leaders are best chosen by those being led