Once during a TED Talk, Patrick Awuah gave a talk on “How to Educate Leaders?” This talk opened my mind to many questions regarding leadership. It exposed the leadership blind spot that most leaders find difficult to see or sometimes simply ignore for many unhelpful reasons. In this article I will discuss the role of leaders as guardians of society, servants of society and all issues associated with the topic with pragmatic examples. Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.'John D. RockefellerIn this context, what John Rockefeller said is in accordance with what Patrick Awuah intended to communicate during his speech. When he gave the example of his friend who worked in a hospital who experienced power outages during surgeries; blamed the power outages on healthcare and government leaders failing to see the responsibilities they bear. In my own words, what he meant was that with every little responsibility there is some sort of unconscious expectation to know. Anyone can be a leader, but to be a great leader you have to have a responsibility. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” Sir Winston Churchill Being a servant and a guardian are somehow concomitant. In the sense that being a servant requires being, to some extent, a guardian. When you are a child, your house help acts as your guardian and servant and your parents are also your guardians and servants, giving you everything you want. Being a guardian of humanity as a Leader involves safeguarding management, goals and followers. Guard management means protecting your clan's goals, this can be done by working to bring the organization's core principles to life...... middle of document ......p://leadershiprocks.tripod. com/id14 .htmlDubrin, A., Dalglish, C. & Miller, P. (2006) Leadership: 2nd edition. Australia. John Wiley & Sons Ltd Winfrey, O., Roth, J., Black, T., Weinstein, B., Weinstein, H. (producer) and Washington, D. (director) (2007). The Great Debates[Film]. United States: Harpo Productions.Greenleaf, R.K. (1977). Servant leadership: A journey into the nature of legitimate power and greatness. New York: Paulist Press.Kwang, H.F., Fernandez, W., Tan, S., (1998). Lee Kuan Yew: The man and his ideas. Singapore: The Stratis Times Press and Times Editions.Service. (2010, October 15). . Retrieved May 27, 2014, from http://www.mcpherson.edu/students/ServiceReport10-11.pdf.How to Educate Leaders? Liberal arts. (n.d.). Patrick Awuah:. Retrieved May 27, 2014, from http://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders