What is Leadership?
Perhaps the best way to determine the nature of leadership is to look at various definitions of it:
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“Leadership is influence, the ability of one person to influence others. One man can lead others to the extent that he can influence them.” (J. Oswald Sanders. Spiritual Leadership. Marshall, Morgan and Scott. 1967).
Since time began we have been striving to understand what is leadership and how to better develop as leaders.
Here are some definitions, thoughts, musings by great leaders…
John Mott:
“A leader is a man who knows the road, who can keep ahead, and who can pull others after him”.
Lord Montgomery
“Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose, and the character which inspires confidence.” .
Harry Truman
A leader is a person who has the ability to get others do what they do not want to do, and like it!”.
Les Pritchard
“A leader is one who has an objective, who knows where he is going and can persuade others to follow; who knows what he wants done and can persuade others to help him”.
John Haggai
“Leadership is the discipline of deliberately exerting special influence within a group to move it toward goals of beneficial permanence that fulfil the group’s real needs”.
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What do you think?