Effective Leadership
Contrary to popular belief, no one is a born leader. But some people do have certain abilities that predispose them to developing into a leader. Like public speaking, and many other skills, leadership can be learned and developed.
While there is no agreed list of qualities that makes a good leader and different leadership styles suit different situations. It is widely agreed that leaders tend to have the following characteristics:
- Intelligence academic achievement
- Social maturity – emotional maturity and a wide range of interests
- Self-motivation and an achievement orientation
- Self confidence and good communication skills.
“Leadership is the behavior of an individual when he is directing the activities of a group towards shared goals”.
Leaders influence many aspects of work, they:
- are the chief communication of the group;
- affect motivation by their behaviour;
- are responsible for the group’s objective being understood and achieved.
Leadership plays a significant role in the success of an organization, infact leadership transforms potential into reality. Leadership is a part of management and not full as management is getting things done by others by giving orders using authority etc. as leaders, guide, consult and depend on confidence.
Without leadership, an organization would be what the same Valmiki wrote in Ramayana.
“Like a herd of cattle without a keeper
Like an army without a general
Like a night without moon
Like a group of cows without a bull
Such would be a country
When the king is not seen”
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