Leadership
Definition of leadership:
Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. A leader steps up in times of crisis, and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management, leadership cannot be taught, although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Leader is the person in a group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction. * According to Kenneth Bounding; “Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent.” * According to Griffin; “Leadership is the set of characteristic attributed to individuals who are perceived to be a leader. * According to Heniz Koontz; “Leadership is an art of process of influencing the people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically for achieving the organizational goals.
Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. This is called Process Leadership. However, we know that we have traits that can influence our actions. TRAIT THEORY Trait theory is based on personal characteristics. Research efforts to determine specific traits of effective leaders have resulted in dead ends.
These traits seem to show the difference between leaders and nonreaders:
– The desire to lead
– Ambition and energy
– Honesty and integrity
– Self-confidence
– Intelligence and job-related knowledge
The Trait theory of leadership holds that there is certain specific personality, social physical and intellectual traits that differentiate a leader from a non-leader. Honesty and Integrity, Intelligence, Task related knowledge, the ability to solve, Problems creatively and the ability to communicate and listen.
THE MANAGERIAL GRID Two dimensional view of leadership style was
Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. A leader steps up in times of crisis, and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management, leadership cannot be taught, although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Leader is the person in a group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction. * According to Kenneth Bounding; “Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent.” * According to Griffin; “Leadership is the set of characteristic attributed to individuals who are perceived to be a leader. * According to Heniz Koontz; “Leadership is an art of process of influencing the people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically for achieving the organizational goals.
Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership knowledge and skills. This is called Process Leadership. However, we know that we have traits that can influence our actions. TRAIT THEORY Trait theory is based on personal characteristics. Research efforts to determine specific traits of effective leaders have resulted in dead ends.
These traits seem to show the difference between leaders and nonreaders:
– The desire to lead
– Ambition and energy
– Honesty and integrity
– Self-confidence
– Intelligence and job-related knowledge
The Trait theory of leadership holds that there is certain specific personality, social physical and intellectual traits that differentiate a leader from a non-leader. Honesty and Integrity, Intelligence, Task related knowledge, the ability to solve, Problems creatively and the ability to communicate and listen.
THE MANAGERIAL GRID Two dimensional view of leadership style was