Introduction:
Leadership can take many styles and is based on both situational and transformational factors. Leadership is about wanting things to happen. Leadership is certainly not about ‘getting your own way through other people’. Leadership therefore is making sure that the tasks is distributed and that goals are achieved by involving everyone in the organisation.
Definition of the leadership:
The kind of leadership needed in times of crisis or great peril is very different from what is needed in times of stability, peace and prosperity.’
‘The leader who basically focuses on himself or herself is going to mislead. The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Moo. What matters is not the leader‘s charisma. What matters is the leader‘s mission. Therefore, the first job of the leader is to think through and define the mission of the institution.’
leadership means vision, cheerleading, enthusiasm, love, trust, verve, passion, obsession, consistency, the use of symbols, paying attention as illustrated by the content of one's calendar, out-and-out drama (and the management thereof), creating heroes at all levels, coaching, effectively wandering around, and numerous other things.'
ELEMENTS OF STRONG LEADERSHIP:
Some of the essential elements of strong leadership which are often reported are described in Table:
Vision |
Ability to conceptualize and execute through effective communication |
Experience |
Ability to grow with experience and learn from previous mistakes |
Making things happen |
Ability to bring the best out of others and make them improve their standards all the time |
intuition |
Ability to sense that a problem exists, to read to them in the right way, to make experience work, use data analysis effectively |
Problem management |
Ability to manage series of problems in on orderly and most effective manner |
leading by example |
Making others feel wanted and important, helping them fulfill their goals and expectations, facilitating climate of individual growth and development |
Features of leadership: