Leadership Definitions And More
I must say something truly relevant“Learning about Leadership has come to be a global matter”.
In almost every country of the northern and southern hemispheres you are able to catch people taking notes about Leadership.
Becoming a Leader is as world wide extended as breathing in and out. It’s undeniably just another human activity.
But, What does it mean to lead?
What do you think of the following affirmations and questions?
Leadership is about making things happen, To Lead is about achieving all sorts of goals, Leadership is about “touching” people. Do You have any idea when and how to do that? Are you in a position to make people do things? Do You know when and how to lead? How to transform yourself in a leader? Can You achieve goals? Do You know how to inspire a bunch of guys and have them help you to reach your objectives?.
Undoubtedly this kind of thinking was the engine that helped Kenneth Valenzuela, a Software Engineer from Chile to build BeALeader.Net to investigate about leading. In the words of Valenzuela BeALeader.Net is dedicated to become the “starting point” for hundreths of millions whose only access to “reading material” is the Internet.
While surfing around the site something grabbed my attention. I’m talking about the idea that Constant Learning is the main component on the recipe to be a leader. This website is nothing but a proof that students around the world is becoming aware of the big challenges of this century.
You might think you know a lot about the subject I invite you to check out the following definitions that I’ve collected from BeALeader.Net. Anyway, I think there’s a dozen definitions in the website. You can check them in Leadership Definitions if you want.
The 4 favourite definitions were:
- “Leadership is a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal”. (Northouse, 2004)
- “Leadership is the behavior of an individual… directing the activities of a group toward a shared goal”. (Hemphill & Coons, 1957)
- “Leadership is the ability to step outside the culture… to start evolutionary change processes that are more adaptive” (E.H. Schein, 1992)
- “Leadership is the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organization…” (House et al., 1999)
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