How to Become a Leader The book How to Become a Leader was written by Warren Bennis, an American scholar, author and widely known pioneer of leadership studies. This book was published in 1989 by Basic Books but revised in 2003 by Perseus Publishing in Cambridge, MA. This book illustrates the many traits, qualities, and factors of becoming a leader. Bennis shows the depths and heights of how leaders lead their followers in different situations. This book emphasizes theories on how to become a leader, it is in no way a “how to” book. Bennis states how leaders contribute to society and how crucial they are along with the characteristics that come with being a leader. It provides intriguing insights into leaders and highlights the integrity and authenticity these people bring with them. In this reading Bennis (the author) Bennis states that people are not born with these traits and that people acquire these traits by pushing themselves to exceed in leading others. He also argues that there is a clear difference between a person who is a leader and a manager, and that the difference is that leaders will lead others to greater success and achievement when managers keep everything as it is and nothing ever goes beyond that point. Bennis believes that in order to lead Potts 2 you need to completely know yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, and when to ask others for help. If you can't achieve this, you won't be able to lead because you won't understand how to choose people to fill the roles that person once performed successfully. It is also stated that to progress you need to experience things on your own without any help and essentially self-taught. He also argues that you need to reflect on good and bad experiences and learn how to grow from the bad and understand how you achieved results