What is Leadership? :: Management

Depending on who you ask, you will receive get replies as to what leadership is all about. Is a leadersomeone who gets the caper done?someone who get other race to follow them?someone who has great management skills?someone who inspires people?The list could be longer, and the responses, as we mentioned, evening more diverse, depending on whom you ask.Someone once said If you want to know if you are a leader, look around and see if anyone is following you. Whilst this may be a good test in one sense, it is probably a too simplistic cause to the question. It is more likely to cause problems than provide an answer or a solution. To stop and look around when you have been going in a particular direction is fine if there are people following you the problem arises when you look around and see that no one is following youKouzes and Posner mention in their book that there are five practices of emblematical leadershipModel the WayInspired a Shared VisionChallenge the ProcessEnable Othe rs to ActEncourage the HeartThey have excessively conducted a survey across six continents to identify the characteristics of admired leaders, and it is interesting that the top four characteristics are1.honest88%A93%2.forward-looking71%A83%3. competent66%A59%4.inspiring65%A73%In the area of honesty, integrity and character were often linked together in peoples minds. Forward-looking was to do with a sense of direction, awareness of the future.