1.0 INTRODUCTION
Anyone could be a manager or supervisor of a team but the person that leads that team was the leader. This was because leadership was not always through position or authority but through inspiration, persuasion and personal connections. The leader had the ability to have people to follow them and took instructions in order to create a specific result.
Extensive research had been undertaken on leadership behaviour since the 1920s. In early theory of leadership, Carlyle (1907) said that “Great leaders are born, not made”. To some extent, it was true for past great leaders. However, learning how to be a more effective leader was within everyone’s grasp – whether we leaded a multiple teams or an entire company.
In today global
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A leader was the person who makes decision or the most important person in a group (Cambridge International Dictionary Of English, 1995). A leader was a person who leads or a person who followed by others ( Reader’s Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder, 1995). In general, a leader was a person who lead the group, officially or unofficially appointed by the group.
1.4 Characteristics of leader
A good leader must possessed certain characteristics or traits in order to be an effective leader. According to Roe (2003), the leader had several characteristics :
1. Emotional expressiveness
This characteristic related to use of verbal or non-verbal signals. Typical examples of this type of behaviour were direct eye contact, reaching out and touching friends when talking and an engaging tone of voice.
2. Self Confidence
The charismatic individuals displayed a complete confidence in the correctness of our position. This means that we had an almost unshakeable belief in our method and vision.
3. Self-determination
This suggested that an individual who does not conform to pressure from those in power but were driven to follow a “calling”. To reach this, we were likely to give up almost everything material in exchange for achieving our
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Through the establishment of this school, Eco Superior Anasiative (ESA), the government could produce a well-trained and good leader. Meanwhile, in Malaysia, leaders were appointed by the voice of the people through the democratic process. But the chosen leaders do not have a formal training of leadership skills and knowledge. Compared with France, would-be leader would going through some of the learning process before being appointed or elected to be the legitimate leader. From there we could see the different approach of the formation of a leader, a leader who was ready and trained to lead their subordinates versus untrained appointed
A leader is someone who stands out from the ordinary. A leader is someone who takes the interest of others and pushes them and motivates them to become a better person. We all have a leader that we look up to, and mine just happens to be my very own father. Growing up my father always said, “When you are a leader you don’t look down on the people below you, instead you get on their level and help them, put just as much work in as them, and that’s a leader.” My father started up his own company from dirt, and he even had people buying his RV’s in Europe and across the world.
Wherever human beings are accumulated together in large numbers, they need leadership. Even a school needs a principle to mentor and escalate the school’s rank. Armies need generals to lead them to a courageous victory. Civilians need governments, captains of industry and intellectual leaders of thought as well. However, There are characteristics common to most great leaders that can be picked out.
A leader must be willing and ready to not only give orders but receive them. The group cannot thrive with a leader who does not adore what they do. The leader must be devoted and excited about what they do. A leader can have respect from every single member of the group but without the
While leadership is learned, the knowledge and skills have by the
A good leader should have good self-confident, strong communication skill, ability to manage other people and as a helping person to always help others. Psychologist Kurt Lewin has developed his framework in the 1930s,
INTRODUCTION Leadership may be defined as the influence that leaders have upon their employees. In other words, leadership may be defined as the, “the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and enable others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organisation of which they are members” (Gerstner & Day, 1997). Leaders are the people who innovate, motivate, develop and inspire the members to ensure the good working of the organisation and to further the goal of the organisation. There are a few certain characteristics and traits that make up a good and effective leader. Here, we are going to discuss four key features that I believe will make an effective leader.
The definitions of leadership appearing in the first three decades of the 20th century emphasized control and centralization of power (Northouse, 2016, p.2). In the early 1900s research began to see if leaders possessed certain traits or characteristics that would distinguish
The concept of a leader as a person, who uses other means than their position power, is a relative new concept and has only been studied since about 100 years. Leadership is defined as the conscious changing of behavior of others in order to obtain pre-defined targets. Management is changing behavior of people by means of systems or processes; it is indirect leadership.
According to John C. Maxwell “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” The military has taught me the important and the fundamentals of leadership through various forms, of training. In order an Army enlisted soldier to receive a promotion from the rank of Specialist to Sergeant, the solider must attend a thirty day training session called BLC (Basic Leadership Course). While attending soldiers are taught the basics of an Army leader through different classroom courses, field training exercises, and how to be an effective leader. Before I joined the Army, my definition of a leader was a person or thing that leads other people or things.
Leadership Analysis Introduction One of the popular definitions of a leader is, "The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers." ( ) A more comprehensive definition that highlights striking features of a leader is, "A simple definition of leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.” ( ) A closer scrutiny of the characteristics of an influential leader would many ways assist one, in recognizing those attributes in an attempt to assimilate the best in others.
Leadership has been defined in a variety of ways, there are multiple authors and theorists who have tried to define and understand leadership, all leading to varying theories and conclusions, but one thing that is universally understood is the importance of effective leadership and how someone with good leadership skills can impact so many people around them. (Kakabadse and Kakabadse, 1999; Yukl, 2002; Northouse,2013) The main components that have been identified to play a role in leadership are relations between leader and subordinates, interaction form between leader and followers, the influence that the leader has, the way in which the leader behaves and finally a leader’s traits. (Yukl, 2002) These elements that make up a leader, are then used as building blocks to identify the way in which each specific leader deals with its followers.
Thus, a leader may arise in any field be it politics, social service or sports. A leader possesses both talent and skill. Talent is an innate quality however skill is a proficiency which can be gained through rigorous persistence, training and experience. Leadership is nothing about seniority or one’s rank in a
Generally speaking, a leader is a person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. There are many different styles of leadership and the majority of them are very effective, but despite these different approaches, all good leaders share a handful of characteristics. So, what are these qualities that make a good leader? We are going to take a closer look at some of these traits including, but not limited to, good communication, the ability to delegate and a strong level of commitment to see how these qualities can help to make someone a good leader.
Great leaders are genuine and authentic: These leaders know who they are and they are not afraid to let others see their core values, their strengths, and their weaknesses. They are transparent and let everyone know in a way that is seen as “real” and genuine. 4. Effective leaders have a professional presence: Great leaders have a way of being “in the moment”, both in a group setting (on stage) and in individual interactions. They pay attention, listen, ask great questions, and make everyone feel like there are being heard and valued.
‘Organizations provide its managers with legitimate authority to lead, but there is no assurance that they will be able to lead effectively’ (Lunenburg, 2011). Organizational success usually requires a combination of both management and leadership. In today’s dynamic work environment, leaders are expected to challenge the present state of affairs, and to motivate and convince organization members. Managers are needed to assist in creating and maintaining a positive and well-functioning workplace. ‘Leadership and management are often considered practically overlapping concepts’ (Bohoris and Vorria, 2007, p. 1).