Leadership is…
Some of you may have had a strong response one way or another to my question about Obama yesterday. I like how Bruce Avolio put it in his book, Full Leadership Development:
- “The true and most accurate interpretation of leadership always rests in the ‘eye of the beholder’”
Leadership is socially constructed. It is in the eye of the beholder. What is “leader” in one person’s eye is “murderer” in anothers. I guess it depends on what side you are on.
March 23rd, 2010 at 10:51 am
I believe that a true leader is a person who is self-motivated and motivates his/her sub-ordinates as well. Motivated people always achieve success in life. Motivation is undoubtedly, one of the qualities that makes a leader successful.
A great leader communicates his/her vision to others, effectively ‘infecting’ them with the idea, and then this creates a sustaining motivational force in others towards a common goal.
April 24th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Interesting Post! On the topic of leadership you might want to see this video post “the irrelevant boss” by Vineet Nayar http://www.vineetnayar.com/the-irrelevant-boss/
Renata
April 29th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
In its most basic sense you are a leader if someone is following you. If you exercise influence over those followers then you increase in leadership strength.
So I agree with you yes it depends.
Is Obama a leader? Most definitely. Is Obama an influential leader? Definitely!
Is Obama a good leader? that depends!
JD