Sometimes skills are better that academic qualifications. [Photo/velevetpitch.com]
Academic qualifications assist in the selection of people with required knowledge for particular jobs.However, it is important to note that in the world of work, the skills and attitudes possessed by an employee are more important than their qualifications. This is, however, sometimes the exception in institutions of higher learning such as universities and colleges that emphasise academic qualifications for appointment into senior positions.In most jobs, all you need is the minimum academic qualification, such as a degree or diploma, skills and the right attitude for excelling in a job.As long as your leader possesses the minimum academic qualifications, it doesn’t matter how many subordinates possess higher qualifications, their leader doesn’t need to acquire more certificates to become a better leader.He or she only needs to horn their leadership skills to release the potential of the people they lead.A leader’s role is to remove barriers to performance, create enablers for his people to get the best performance out of them, not to communicate his or her fears of possible competition from subordinates.In fact, a good leader always strives to recruit people better than themselves, so that they can create winning teams.