Leadership Case

Introduction:

Leadership acts as a ray of a light to be followed in the dark. Leadership is the quality which cannot be transferred or copied from the other. It's the quality hidden in the personality of the person which can develop by continuous self study, training, evaluation and developing positive things. Leadership is essential skills for a world, nation, business, non- profit organization and also in household surrounding to nurture the kids in the family for healthy and disciplined life.

Leaders are not born they develop the qualities and skills by never ending study and training. If one has the will power and craze for anything you can achieve it. Leaders play an essential role play in creating the state of mind of the society. They act as a role play of the moral unity of the society by holding the society together with their values. They act as a medium between the people and lift them out of their conflicts and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts (Warren Bennis, 2003). Leaders plays an important role during the tough times or crisis in the organization. They evaluate different ways and directions to overcome the downfall, they act as an encouragement and inspiration to the people in the organizations. Every nation and society depends on the skills and abilities of the social leaders dwelling the society and how effectively they do their job. Leader guides the people or society in a same direction and unites them because every person has different points of views and thoughts to a particular problem.

Our society depends on the abilities of our leaders and how well they can do their jobs. A leader is someone that many people look to for direction, guidance, and inspiration, so it is important for our leaders to have the aptitude to make difficult decisions and to know and do what is right for the people. A higher authority is crucial for supervising and regulating others as well as being an example of a hard and dedicated worker. An effective leader has character, competence, compassion, and courage. Leaders play a crucial role in very sphere of life like our social leaders, teachers, parents, friends and employer by implementing their decisions. We know the importance of leadership during elections, investing in a business, buying shares because a successful leader can have success with a weak business plan but an ineffective leader can ruin even a best plan.

Leadership is very important for any organization for their success. For instance when we are the captain of the cricket team or a tutor. We guide our children as leaders. Like the socialite Mother Theresa and the great leader Mahatma Gandhi.

Defination of Leadership:

There is no single univeral defination for leader. In common terms, leaders should possess the ability to demonstrate confidence in the group. Leaders should be ahead of the others and should have the ability to articulate its thoughts clearly into the group. Some authors reviews leadership is an art and some believe it as a science. Leadership is not a mean in itself but it is a means to an end. A leader is who always dreams like the Great Martin Luther King who dreamed of a world free of racial prejudices but his dream was not fulfilled but the realization of it is in the form of Barack Husain Obama who is the first ever black president of United States.(Roa, 2010). Leaders are transformal when they increase awarenessof what is good. As per Dubrin (2000), there are about 35,000 definations of leadership in acedemic literatures (Pye, 2005). Northouse (2004) reviewing leadership theory expalins as a four common themes:

* Leadership as a process.

* Leadership as an influence.

* Leadership occurs in group.

* Leadership involves goal achievement.

As per Grint (2005), it is four -fold leadership theory which involves Person, Results, Process and Position. Leadership is defined as a process whereby an individual influences a group of people to achieve a common goal. Leadership involves attention to a common goal in a group. Leaders direct their skills and qualities towards the group to achieve a common goal together. People who engage in leadership are called leaders and those who follows them are called followers. Both leaders and followers go together. Leaders need followers and followers need leaders. (Northouse, 2007). Leaders and followers share common objectives and goals. Leadership can be described as leaders and followers working together to achieve a common objection that they share.