Contents

• Introduction 2
• Organizational Leadership 3
• Leadership & Management 5
• Leadership in Practice 6
• Leadership in Future 7
• Leadership – A Personal View 11
• Conclusion 13
• References 14

Description

Leadership is one of the most important factors that influences the functionality and success of an organization. Leadership is a complex term to understand and has multidimensional definitions to it. One of the definitions of leadership is that it can be called as the art of motivating a group of people towards achieving a common objective. A true leader inspires and directs his fellow men and women to achieve the objective. A leader needs to possess the desired personality and skills in order to make others to follow him. A leader not only guides and motivates others towards achieving common goals of the organization but also keeps the organization and its employees cohesive. A good leader always tries to instill in his fellow workers, work ethics, values and helps them to have a clear vision of their respective goals. A leader also helps others to enhance their skills and knowledge levels. A leader has leadership qualities inherent in him or her and a leader does not arise just by having a position like manager or supervisor. The positions give a person authority and power but not leadership. Leadership is inherent to an individual’s personality and leadership can be honed by consciously working at it and attending to leadership workshops etc. Leadership is not about giving orders and also not about making others follow just by the strength of their position or power in the organization. Leadership is about making others voluntarily follow the leader by enlightening them as to why the common goal has to be achieved and in what way the achievement enriches their lives and career. According to Locke et. al (1991) leadership involves traits like situational interaction, function, vision, power, charisma, behavior, values, endurance and intelligence (Kouzes and Posner, 2007).