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Leadership Definitions
boussafi, Management Consultant, Qatar, Member
Leadership has been described as "The process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task."
Definitions more inclusive of followers have also emerged:
Alan Keith stated that, "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen..
Tom Demarco says that leadership needs to be distinguished from posturing....
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Leadership Definition
James Brekhus, Student (University), United States, Member Leadership is the utilization of resources at your disposal for proper execution of organizational goals and in a manner that includes the empowerm...
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Defining Leadership
Michael Leadership is the innate ability to inspire, persuade, and direct a group of people or an organization to achieve goals in a sustainable fashio...
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Leadership Definition
Myers, United Kingdom, Member Leadership is the projection of personal character and personality to inspire individuals or groups, (by providing purpose, direction, and moti...
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Leadership Definition
Thomas N. Meriwether, Professor, United States, Member Leadership is the interactive process of a leader influencing the behavior and mental processes of followers so as to accomplish the goa...
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Leadership Definition
Richard S. Dillard If 'leader' is a title given by those who choose to follow, leadership is... renewable energy judiciously and ethically applied for moving upw...
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Leadership Definition
David Wilson, Manager, Canada, Premium Member Leadership is knowing when to push, pull, lift, and carry the followers. Real leadership is knowing when to do these things, but also knowing w...
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What is Leadership?
Kushvaha, Manager, India, Member Leadership is an extensive process of leading living beings. One who has ability to envision and rightly connect this vision with its people, a...
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What is Leadership?
JOSPHAT HANJARI MWAMUTSI, Management Consultant, Kenya, Member Many definitions have been written and said by leaders and scholars. It satisfies to add that leadership is about directing people by creating visi...
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Leadership
Nurdin Perdana, Teacher, Indonesia, Member Leadership is how to do the best for all....
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Leadership Definition
Jeanette Norman, Management Consultant, Australia, Member Modern leadership is the ability to inspire the trust, faith and confidence of the team through personal competence, character and capacity, th...
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Practicing Leadership Fundamantals
Joy Tio, Student (Other), Philippines, Member So many definitions of leadership have been formulated. I am pretty sure these definitions have been memorized, analyzed, and discussed a hundr...
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Is Leadership Position Power?
Michael D. Moore, Entrepreneur, United States, Member Leaders can use position power but position power does not make a leader. Many time the leader emerges as a charismatic choice among a business...
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Leadership is Positional Power
Robert J. Yeldell, Coach, United States, Member Michael, you are correct when thinking "leadership" versus "management". A manager can exercise position power and not be an effective "leader". This ...
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Leadership Definition
Rosa, Financial Consultant, Australia, Member Robert, I agree that leadership when wielded equates to power seized, this can be through a variety of '
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Extra Element Leadership Definition
Robert J. Yeldell, Coach, United States, Member Rosa, how true you are in identifying the importance of vision in the role of a leader. Another element that I have found critical, particularly in tr...
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Vision and Leadership
Rosa, Financial Consultant, Australia, Member Robert, I like to remember when working with people on leadership issues, that everyone has a different style, and personality profile. The vision of ...
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Vision and Leadership
Robert J. Yeldell, Coach, United States, Member Rosa, understanding and recognizing personality types can clearly have an impact on "leading". Both at the individual level and the organizational lev...
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Components/Characteristics of Leadership
Andrew Blaine, Business Consultant, South Africa, Member Most of the above mentioned definitions address various aspects/characteristics associated with business leadership.
It is, in my opinion, best t...
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Leadership is the Art of Influence
Bill Boynton, Teacher, United States, Member Leadership is the ability to provide Influence, first within themselves and then through others.
Leaders do this through habits of ethical and se...
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Leadership and Service
Toyin Babs-Enoch, Entrepreneur, Nigeria, Member Leadership is the opportunity to be of service irrespective of, or also as a result of, one's ability or position required to achieve the particular t...
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Leadership Definition
Rusli Abd.Hamid, Teacher, Malaysia, Member Leadership is an influence relationship between leaders and followers who intend to achieve results and shared purposes....
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What is Leadership? Leadership Defined
demilade, Student (University), Nigeria, Member In my opinion, leadership is not what most people view it as. I have learnt from experience in some leadership positions that leadership is sometimes ...
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Leadership Definition
DIPEOLU IBRAHIM, Student (University), United Kingdom, Member Leadership involves using all available resources at your disposal to cause an effect setting your followers to operate at the same resonance, both th...
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What is Leadership, Leadership Definition
SATISH PANDE, Business Consultant, India, Member Leadership is an ability to take responsibility to guide and nurture others, providing the assurance of confidence and competence....
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Our Leadership Definition
Gregory Johnson, Coach, United States, Premium Member Such a broad area of professionalism where the specific definition is nearly impossible to synchronize.
Leadership by our definition is the commi...
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What is Leadership
Dumisani, Manager, South Africa, Member Leadership is the ability to influence someone to a direction known by you and prepared for those who are wolking with you....
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