The document discusses the definitions and theories of leadership. It defines a leader as someone who influences others through vision and actions to achieve goals. Leadership involves persuading followers to work towards objectives enthusiastically. The document also examines different leadership styles like intellectual, creative, persuasive, and autocratic leaders. It further discusses theories of leadership such as the trait theory, style theory, transformational theory, and situational theory.

2.  Leader: A person who demonstrates and
exercise influence and power over others.
Leaders have a vision and influence others by
their actions and comments.
 Leadership: Leadership is the activity to
persuade others to seek defined objectives
enthusiastically. It is the human factor which
binds a group together and motivate it towards
goals.

3.  Leader is a part of management and one of the
most significant elements of direction.
 Leadership represents an abstract quality in a
man.
 It is a psychological process of influencing
followers or subordinates and providing
guidance to them.
 The essence of leadership is follower ship.
 Leader is a part of management and one of the
most significant elements of direction.

4.  Leader is a part of management and one of the
most significant elements of direction.
 A leader may or may not be manager but a
manager must a leader.
 A manager as a leader must lead his
subordinate s and also inspire them to achieve
organizational goals.
 It is the followers who make a person as
leader.

5. 1) LEADERS MOTIVATES PEOPLE: A leader motivates
employees for higher output through motivational
techniques. The leader himself acts as a motivating
factor.
2) LEADER COUNSELS EMPLOYEES: In an
organization people needs counseling to reduce the
emotional disequilibrium and to remove barriers to
effective performance.
3) LEADER DEVELOPS TEAM SPIRIT: A leader creates
confidence in his subordinates and gains their faith and
cooperation.

6. 4) LEADERS AIMS AT TIME MANAGEMENT:
Leader is in a position to utilize time productivity in
an organization. A leader gets things done by
people by the proper time management.
5) LEADER STRIVES FOR EFFECTIVENESS: A
leader brings effectiveness to an organization by
providing the workers with the necessary resources
in terms of money, methods, climate, work
environment, etc.

7. 1) Intellectual leader
2) Creative leader
3) Persuative leader
4) Institutional leader
5) Democratic leader
6) Autocratic leader

8. 1) INTELLECTUAL LEADER: He is one who possesses rich
knowledge and technical competence. All his subordinates
listen and follow his advice because of his specialized
intellectual authority. e.g.- financial advisor, legal advisor,
etc.
2) CREATIVE LEADER: Creative leader uses the technique
of circular response‘ to encourage ideas to flow from group
to him and vice versa. He draws out the best in his followers
and controls them with zeal to attain the goals.
3) PERSUASIVE LEADER: He gains faith and confidence
from his followers. He possesses a magnetic personality
which attracts followers which helps to get work done by
them effectively.

9. 4) INSTITUTIONAL LEADER: When a person becomes a
leader by virtue of his position, he is called an
institutional leader. e.g. - the principal of a college,
managing director of a company.
5) DEMOCRATIC LEADER: A democratic leader is one
who does not lead but is lead by his followers. In other
words, he follows the opinion of the majority of his
followers and delegates most of his power to them.
6) AUTOCRATIC LEADER: He is one who dominates
and drives his group through coercion and command.
He institutes a sense of fear among his followers. Such
leaders love power and never delegate their authority.

10. 1) TRAIT THEORY/GREAT MAN THEORY
2) STYLE THEORY
3) TRANSACTIONAL/TRANSFORMATIONA
L THEORY
4) SITUATIONAL THEORY

11.  This theory suggests that leaders have some
inborn traits. They have certain set of
characteristics that are crucial for inspiring
others towards a common goal. A successful
leader is supposed to have the following traits-
good personality, tirelessness, capacity to read
other‘s mind, ability to make quick decision,
courage, persuasion, intelligence, reliability,
imagination.

12.  This focuses on what leaders do in relational
and contextual terms. The achievement of
satisfactory performance measures requires
supervisors to pursue effective relationships
with their subordinates, while comprehending
the factors in the work environment that
influence outcomes.

13.  This theory describes the relationship between
leaders and followers. New concepts such as
empowerment, inspiration motivation and social
learning are present. This refers to a process
whereby the leader attends to the needs and
motives of followers so that interaction raises to
high levels of motivation and morality.

14.  This theory believes that leadership
effectiveness depended on the relationship
among the leaders task at hand, their
interpersonal skills and the favorableness the
work situation. This theory considers the
challenge of situation and encourages an
adaptive leadership style to complement the
issue being faced.