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Leaders and Leadership
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A leader is a person who directs people towards the attainment of specified objective.
Three ideas can be derived from the definition including; first, a leader is a person who leads a
group of individuals and also leads by example so that his followers can be motivated. Secondly,
the purpose of being a leader involve being an ideal person such that you visualize the objective,
communicate it and embrace the aim for it to be realized. Thirdly, the people idea such that a
leader needs to have followers and win their trust through portraying excellent leadership skills
such as persuasive skills for him/her to be a leader. Contrarily, leadership implies the act of a
Therefore, leadership involves the act of developing a precise vision, communicating the
vision to one’s followers, giving information and approaches that can be undertaken to achieve
the vision and coordinating the stakeholders. Additionally, leadership is what persons do but not
who they are since everyone can become a leader as it can be learned and also others are
naturally born to become leaders. However, effective leadership emphasizes on behavior, that is,
it is all about how a leader work in close cooperation with his/her follower to achieve the set goal
because to accomplish the target, the leaders must have adequate competence and traits to
convince and attract followers who will act to realize the objective.
Based on an interview with Dave Evans a project manager, Chris Miller a plant manager
and me they all held that leadership entails issues regarding innovative and creativity of the
corporate leaders. This assertion implies that leadership has to involve the creation of ideas or
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discovery of new ways of executing enterprise obligations. Additionally, Dave Evans holds a
personal belief that a leader has to have courage in pursuing his decision regardless of the
various challenges he or she will encounter in leadership. On the other hand, Chris Miller
embraces a personal belief that leadership is all about trusting in oneself and workers as the key
According to South University, (2014) leadership is a diverse concept that entails holding
of leadership which entails assigning tasks to employees. Thirdly, empathy towards the workers
another essential trait so as to keep up with market changes. Lastly, conflict resolution is another
Based on the Interview and the research I have been able to learn and understand that
leadership entails various aspects. For example, empathy and rationality as a measure of ensuring
a conducive workplace relationship among the managers and the junior staffs (Northouse, 2014).
Additionally, leadership must coexist with innovation and creativity so as motivate employees
Leadership Believe
I believe leadership is something that anyone can learn to do since this concept entails
unique skills rather than natural abilities. Northouse, (2014) asserts that leadership skills can only
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be acquired through following instructions given to a junior staff by a competent individual such
a corporate leader. Additionally, leadership skills can be learned through education based on
leadership and management courses. Therefore, based on the above point of views it can be
asserted that leadership is something one can learn rather than a natural ability that can be done
by few individuals.
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References
DuBrin, A. J. (2015). Leadership: Research findings, practice, and skills. Nelson Education.
South University, (2014). The 5 Most Important Qualities a Nurse Needs to Lead. Retrieved
from https://www.southuniversity.edu/whoweare/newsroom/blog/the-5-most-important-
qualities-a-nurse-needs-to-lead