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What is Leadership

Leadership is a process by which an executive can direct, guide and influence the behavior and work of others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a given situation. Leadership is the ability of a manager to induce the subordinates to work with confidence and zeal.

Leadership is the potential to influence behaviour of others. It is also defined as the capacity to influence a group towards the realization of a goal. Leaders are required to develop future visions, and to motivate the organizational members to want to achieve the visions.

According to Keith Davis, “Leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. It is the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it towards goals.”

Characteristics of Leadership

  1. It is a inter-personal process in which a manager is into influencing and guiding workers towards attainment of goals.

  2. It denotes a few qualities to be present in a person which includes intelligence, maturity and personality.

  3. It is a group process. It involves two or more people interacting with each other.

  4. A leader is involved in shaping and moulding the behaviour of the group towards accomplishment of organizational goals.

  5. Leadership is situation bound. There is no best style of leadership. It all depends upon tackling with the situations.

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