Leadership, a way of life that should be teached from the beginning of school education

Abstract

Context: Leadership is a quality that is reflected in attitudes and actions. It is built on the abilities of individuals and groups.It helps in decision making to achieve objectives that improve lifestyles, exploit skills and attitudes, and provide practical and effective solutions to everyday problems. In a globalized world, the leader can learn and enhance their knowledge about living with different cultures, languages, dialects, and ages. Objective: To analyze and explain, based on the literature, why leadership is a way of life that should be taught from the beginning of school education. Method: A systematic review of specialized literature was carried out using the following search engines: Library of Congress, Scholar Google, and Redalyc. Purpose: a) to define leadership, b) to show tools that support the teaching of leadership, c) to inform about the importance of teaching leadership. Results: Teaching leadership requires preparation and support, teachers should encourage students to stay motivated, enthusiastic to learn; teach them to deduce, distinguish, and form themselves. Conclusions: Leadership is a way of life that leads to the transformation of society. Not preparing leaders contributes to form people who are limited at a competitive level and in decision making.