The real power of leadership: Adding value to people

Authors

  • Korngleng Sear Cambodian Education Forum

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62037/cjer.2025.05.01.01

Keywords:

Leadership, people’s values, leadership skills, adding value

Abstract

Leadership can be either a blessing or a curse. It is a blessing because leaders can make people’s lives better, but it is a curse because they can also make people become victims. Drawing on secondary sources, this review article aims to discuss issues concerning leaders and people. It begins by discussing people’s values. It then lays out five essential leadership skills for leaders to add value to people, focusing on valuing people, empathizing with people, serving people, developing people, and adding people. Finally, the article concludes that leaders must put people ahead of their personal glory if they want to become good leaders whom people want to follow.

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Author Biography

Korngleng Sear, Cambodian Education Forum

Korngleng Sear is an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher at Spring Education Center, Cambodia. He is currently a research mentee in the research internship program of the Cambodian Education Forum. He has been a student of personal growth since 2018. His areas of research interests are leadership, education, business, psychology, relationships, and social influence.

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Published

11-01-2025

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Sear, K. (2025). The real power of leadership: Adding value to people. Cambodian Journal of Educational Research, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.62037/cjer.2025.05.01.01

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025): Cambodian Journal of Educational Research

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