3. Leading is the Process of influencing others
to act to accomplish specified objectives. It
consist of interpersonal influence, by means
of communication process, toward the
attainment of a specified goal.
5. Leader is a person who guides others toward a
common goal, showing the way by example, and
creating an environment in which other team members
feel actively involved in the entire process.
A leader is not the boss of the team but, instead, the
person that is committed to carrying out the mission of
the Venture. A leader is a person who has a vision, a
drive and a commitment to achieve that vision, and the
skills to make it happen.
6. A leader impels his followers to action by persuasion, influence,
power, threat of force, and appeal to legitimate right. A leader
is one who has followers. He has formal and informal authority
and power. A leader may be born or made by time, education,
or training. A leader has common traits like intelligence, social
sensitivity, social participation, and communication skills. He
communicates, persuades, motivates, guides, leads, and
informs his subordinates and followers. A leader has power the
bases of which are reward, coercion, legitimacy, identification
with the power figure, and expertise. In an organization usually
a manager is considered as leader who directs his group
members to achieve the desired goal.
11. A vision statement is a statement of words describing where
and what an organization wants to be in the future. To be a
visionary, a leader need have nothing more than a clear vision
of the future. The difficult task is communicating that vision with
clarity and passion in order to motivate and inspire people to
take action. A visionary leader who clearly and passionately
communicates his or her vision can motivate employees to act
with passion and purpose, thereby ensuring that everyone is
working toward a common goal. The end result is that everyone
contributes to the organization's forward momentum.
12. Effective leaders are able to set and achieve challenging goals,
to take swift and decisive action even in difficult situations, to
outperform their competition, to take calculated risks and to
persevere in the face of failure. Strong communication skills,
self-confidence, the ability to manage others and a willingness
to embrace change also characterize good leaders.
14. "The action of leading a group of people or an organization, or
the ability to do this"
Other experts' says about Leadership:
"Leadership is the initiation of action to solve a problem"
"The action of leading a group of people or an organization"
"Leadership is directing or controlling the activity of a group"
"Leadership is influencing the activities of group as it moves
toward its goals" "Leadership is power, But power is not
necessarily leadership"
"Leadership is power that grows out of personal characteristics
such as charisma, expertise, and interpersonal skills"
According to Oxford dictionary:
16. 1. Establishing a clear vision,
2. Sharing that vision with others so that they will follow willingly,
3. Providing the information, knowledge and methods to realize
that vision, and
4. Coordinating and balancing the conflicting interests of all
members and stakeholders.
According to Oxford dictionary:
20. EMOTIONAL
➤ Self-Confidence
➤ Desire to improve
➤ Understand own strengths and weaknesses
➤ Self-awareness
➤ Ambitious
➤ Risk takers
➤ Accept responsibility
➤ Determination
➤ Need to achieve
21. SOCIAL
➤ Well-adjusted
➤ Honest
➤ Ethical
➤ Promises kept
➤ Fulfills responsibility
➤ Able to convert purpose and vision to
action
➤ Behavioral flexibility
➤ Understands others
➤ Persuades others to follow
➤ Cooperates and collaborates with others
➤ Ability to influence others
➤ Takes initiative in social situations
22. INTELLIGENCE
➤ Learns from experience and adapts to
change
➤ Good judgment
➤ Self-knowledge
➤ Effectively plans
➤ organizes and solves problems
➤ Decisive
➤ Asks for more responsibility
➤ Knowledge of organization and how it
operates
➤ Eager to explore new approaches to work
23. COMMUNICATION
➤ Ability to communicate
➤ Have and communicate purpose, direction,
and meaning
➤ Have clear goals and are determined to
achieve them
➤ Experts at one-to-one communication
Excellent writing skills
➤ Creates and maintains a communications
network
➤ Doesn't depend on only one source for
information
➤ Communicates persuasively
24. EXPERIENCE
➤ Successful managers usually had
experience in a variety of different types of
situations
➤ May give followers freedom to take
responsibility for own ideas, decisions and
actions
➤ Committed to collaboration and require
everyone to participate in leadership ➤
Motivation- a leader has to be able to
motivate everyone to contribute.
➤ Planning- the leader has a plan to achieve
the goal.
25. TRUSTWORTHY
➤ Caring - genuinely concerned with
followers' lives and well-being
➤ Empathize and care about implications of
actions
➤ Constancy - staff believe leader will
support them,
45. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, A leadership style does not
have to be based merely on personality - you
can choose a style. You can and should
further develop your ability to use various
leadership styles. Create an inclusive style, a
style that you can vary. Try new behaviors
and techniques, depending on what the
situation calls for and what fits with your
personality and your values.
