Leadership is a process of effective influence, maximizing people's efforts towards achieving a goal. Leaders can be of various types and we can say that each area of our existence in a civil society requires specific leaders. It's about leading the team towards the goal and communicating it to people. Then inspire, motivate and empower them to achieve organizational goals. According to James Macgregor Burns, leadership is “the mutual process of mobilization by people with certain motivations and values, of various economic, political and other resources in a context of competition and conflict, in order to realize objectives independently or mutually supported by both leaders and leaders. followers” (James Macgregor Burns, Leadership. New York: Harper & Row, 1978, p. 425). Developing leadership qualities requires everyone to know their positives and negatives and a continuous effort to develop their skills, attitudes and knowledge. Business leaders must possess different qualities than political and community leaders. Successful business leaders have often demonstrated the following qualities: • Trustworthiness, positive attitude and proactivity • a clear knowledge and understanding of organizational objectives and problems • a constant effort towards achieving defined objectives • an ability to effectively communicate organizational goals • commitment to one's team goals and to their organization • effectiveness in planning and developing strategies • ability to adapt and engage with the views and needs of other team members • ability to inspire the workforce • commitment for the prosperity of stakeholders• honesty, openness openness within the teamA leader sho...... middle of paper...... Leaders assign certain tasks to be performed and accordingly reward or punish team members in based on performance results. Teams of new employees will appreciate having their expectations laid out in front of them, but if you're highly transactional, it may stress them out. Senior employees may also feel the same way. Recognizing your dominant leadership style is a good starting point in understanding what type of leader you are. Learning about other leadership styles and using them when necessary is the next step in evolving your leadership. Current theology promotes the idea of using more than one leadership style in the workplace to develop staff and get the most out of their efforts. By doing so, you will find that they too will bring out the best in you. Works Cited James Macgregor Burns, Leadership. New York: Harper & Row, 1978
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