Leadership strategy
Executive summary Almost any organizational activity involves leadership or may be at least associated with it. Leadership may affect our day-to-day experiences. ... Aims of the research and research questions This report aims to present the results of some research on leadership and the factors for successful leading. ... What is the meaning of leadership? ... Section three defines the meaning of leadership by gathering from some researchers. ... Section five presents the relationship between communication and leadership. ... The meaning of leadership The term “leadership” is given a different meaning by different people. Leadership may be interpreted in term of power, authority, management, supervision, etc. ... Another definition is given by Hodgetts, “Leadership is the process of influencing people to direct their efforts toward the achievement of some particular goals.” The influence in leadership may come from the authority or hierarchy, and the subordinates are willing to comply. ... How leadership involve successful leaders To be successful leader seems to be the ultimate goal for all leaders, unfortunately, not all of them can fulfill this goal. Leaders cannot succeed without understanding leadership principles. Leadership always involves leaders in a two-way influence relationship. ... A more detailed analysis reveals that there are six factors in leadership which can be found in successful leaders. They can be grouped into two categories; Leadership Operations and Leadership Attributes. Meaning of leadership In this area, leaders will focus on the operation process, which means how the leaders direct operations in order to achieve specific goals. ... Planning is the strategic leadership function of mentoring and vision (Sarros, 1995: 3-4), which will be discussed later on. ... Almost any organizational activity involves leadership or may be at least associated with it. Leadership may affect our day-to-day experiences.