LEADERSHIP:
Simply
stated, leadership is the process of
influencing the behavior of others towards the attainment of desired goal or
purpose in given circumstances. Leadership is a tools to get the desired work
done through employees or subordinates. Leadership is majorly explained on the
basis of influence of relation ships and motivational considerations. One
methods of solving the problems of motivation is the effort to provides
inspiring and effective leadership to the employee .The success of a manager is
largely decided by the fact as to how much effective he is as a leader.
Leadership is the ability to make people act the way the manager or leader
wants. It is the process of influencing others to become what they are capable
of becoming in the view of the leader. Leadership in essence, is carrying the
people with the leader by their consent.
DIFFERENT SCHOLARS HAVE DEFINED
LEADERSHIP IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
Theo Haimann. “Leadership can be defined as the
process by which an executive imaginatively directs, guides and influences the
work of others on choosing and attaining specified goals by medicating between
the individual and the organization in such a manner that both will obtain
maximum satisfaction.”
Weihrich and Koontz. “Leadership is defined as influence,
that is the art or process of
influencing people so that they will strive willingly and enthusiastically in
ward the achievement of group goals.”
Peter Drucker. “Leadership is lifting of a man’s
vision to higher sights, the raising of a man’s performance to a higher
standard, and the building of a man’s personality beyond its normal limitations.
