Importance of Leadership
December 4, 2013
Assignment: Importance of Leadership in Workplace
Word Count: 4,509
Definition of Leadership According to Dubrin (2), leadership is defined as the ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve organizational goals. Leadership is also a process that influences other people to achieve an objective and guides the company or community in ways to make it more coherent and cohesive; another definition of leadership is simply a process of leading people in the right direction in order to achieve goals. Leadership attributes such as values, knowledge and skills are applied by leaders to implement leadership process in any organization, leadership also ensures that the organization works successfully and accomplishes the desired goals while also motivating employees to excel in the field they are working. Unfortunately many people misunderstand leadership, leadership does not mean that a leader has the authority to yell at his/her followers to accomplish certain tasks; neither does it mean just imparting instructions to followers but rather striving hard to implement and achieve desired goals. The key point in leadership is how to intrinsically motivate employees so that they actually want to accomplish the desired goals. Leadership refers to an extremely wide range of roles that have significant influence on the world; the range is so wide, that sometimes the term leadership seems to include almost everybody. In fact, some corporations have adopted the slogan: “Everyone is a leader.” Actually, to me, leaders are constantly surrounding us; people constantly need to be led where they also seek out individuals around then who have personalities that stand out.
Qualities and traits of leaders Further examination of leadership gave a perception in the innate characteristics and qualities that are required by a leader. Research has found that the following qualities are essential characteristics that are
Assignment: Importance of Leadership in Workplace
Word Count: 4,509
Definition of Leadership According to Dubrin (2), leadership is defined as the ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve organizational goals. Leadership is also a process that influences other people to achieve an objective and guides the company or community in ways to make it more coherent and cohesive; another definition of leadership is simply a process of leading people in the right direction in order to achieve goals. Leadership attributes such as values, knowledge and skills are applied by leaders to implement leadership process in any organization, leadership also ensures that the organization works successfully and accomplishes the desired goals while also motivating employees to excel in the field they are working. Unfortunately many people misunderstand leadership, leadership does not mean that a leader has the authority to yell at his/her followers to accomplish certain tasks; neither does it mean just imparting instructions to followers but rather striving hard to implement and achieve desired goals. The key point in leadership is how to intrinsically motivate employees so that they actually want to accomplish the desired goals. Leadership refers to an extremely wide range of roles that have significant influence on the world; the range is so wide, that sometimes the term leadership seems to include almost everybody. In fact, some corporations have adopted the slogan: “Everyone is a leader.” Actually, to me, leaders are constantly surrounding us; people constantly need to be led where they also seek out individuals around then who have personalities that stand out.
Qualities and traits of leaders Further examination of leadership gave a perception in the innate characteristics and qualities that are required by a leader. Research has found that the following qualities are essential characteristics that are
Cited: Aug. 2013 Prediscan, Mariana, Bradutana, Daniella and Roxana Nadina, “Forces that Enhance or Reduce Employee Resistance to Change”, Annals of the University of Oradea, Jul. 2013 p 1600- 1612