Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration
motivated by a passion, generate by a vision, produced by a conviction,
ignited by a purpose.
Peter F. Drucker, one of our generation's foremost thinkers and
authorities on the subject of leadership and management, stated, "There
may be "born leaders,' but there are surely far too few to depend on
them. Leadership must be learned and can be learned..... 'leadership
personality,' 'leadership style,' and 'leadership traits' do not exist."
Leadership Is More Than Influence
A popular definition of leadership is that "leadership is influence." In
spite of the fact the leadership does involve the component of
influence, I believe that this is an incomplete description because it
does not distinguish what kind of influence or the source or cause of
that influence.
True Leadership Is Marked By Others' Willful Submission Of Their Authority To Yours.
There are many people, past and present, who have influenced others
using threats and violence, but we don't call that true leadership. We
call it manipulation, oppression, or dictatorship. Nero, hitler, and Idi
Amin were all influential. They exerted their wills over people, but
they were not leaders in the true sense.
A Working Definition Of Leadership
True leadership fundamentally requires the responsibility of taking
follower into the exciting unknown and creating a new reality for them.
This definition incorporates the principal ingredients and components
that I believe give birth to and sustain true leadership and can be
applied by anyone who desires to discover and release the hidden leader
within.
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