As said earlier leadership can be taught. There are some skills have to be learned for a good leadership. In some people these qualities are inborn but some people have to learn these skills. What are the means to learn these skills? Either you can watch a leader and learn from him. The other way [...]
The debate of Born Leader versus Made Leader has been going on for centuries. This debate still continues but we now know that both the sides are partially correct. The only thing a person must to have in order to become a leader is intelligence. He must also be smart enough. We know that leaders [...]
A person might be blessed with extraordinary talents; he might be the best orator or the best writer or the best in his field still he may not emerge out to be a great leader. People may possess almost all the traits of a leader, but if they lack the all important human touch than [...]
Ethnic and communal hatred is today one of the major causes of concern. Today in the name of caste, creed and religion people kill each other. Today’s leaders often spread hatred among various communities in order to project themselves as a champion of a particular community. This can lead to very dangerous situations. Leaders are [...]
What is charismatic leadership all about? It is the magnetic personality of the leader, which attracts peoples’ mind, body and soul. These people willingly accept their leader’s authority and are ready to lay down even their lives for the pleasure of their beloved master. Mahatma Gandhi, who never even dressed gallantly, galvanized millions of Indians [...]
Transactional leadership is based only one assumption that inculcates rewards and punishments as two important factors because of which an individual commits himself for a particular task. When the task is accomplished as per the expectation then the doer is rewarded and if the result is not as per the expectations or if an individual [...]
Different situations need to be dealt in a different ways; different people should also be dealt in diverse ways as well. Situational leadership theory states that a leader should not consider all the circumstances to be similar and apply the same methodology to deal with each one of them. In fact different styles are recommended [...]
Transformational leaders are very high in motivation and energy and their focus is not the short term goals, in fact they are more inclined towards achieving higher goals. Here, though the leaders and followers can have different purposes in the beginning but more than often they try to fuse these purposes to pursue a much [...]
Nothing is impossible unless you think feel it is. The difference between a loser and winner lies in their attitude towards their life and towards the goal which they were pursuing and their ability to motivate themselves in accomplishing the coveted goal. It is the lack of self-motivation in people which is a major cause [...]
A moment’s life gone is gone forever; no amount of treasure can buy it back. Every individual rich or poor, young or old, men or women, white or black, irrespective of caste, creed and race, have got the same 24 hours per day in their life. Those who are effectively able to use these 24 [...]
Leadership and management are two different things which are used interchangeably. These two are totally different concepts. It is important to note that leadership is just one facet of management; there is a difference in perspectives of these two concepts. Manager rules while a leader leads. First important thing to note while learning the differences [...]
If you want to be an effective leader think what Eisenhower once said, “Leadership is the art of making someone else to do something that you want done, because he wants to do it.” Effective leadership needs an inspiring vision. As an effective leader you should be able to create an inspiring vision in your [...]
Leonard da Vinci once stated that a person who prefers to practice without theories can get lost on his path, just like a sailor who ventures out into the ocean without a rudder and a compass. There are eight principle theories regarding leadership. An aspiring leader must know a bit about all of them. The [...]
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