Is There the Perfect Recipe for Leadership?

Abstract

What is a Leadership? It is the process through which leaders influence the values, behavior and attitude of others. Leadership qualities can either be innate or also can be acquired. A Leader is someone who shows a direction, influences, motivates and inspires. A Leader is a person who can bring constructive change. Core values of a Leader are moral courage, integrity, decisiveness and assertiveness. Good Leader has to have: knowledge and skills, sense of priority, focus, vision, judgment, charisma, trust and emotional intelligence. A Leader motivates the team members in any situation, if they perform well or in case of failure. A good Leader applies the following approaches to lead: strategic approach, human assets approach, expertise approach, unbox approach, change approach. A Leader does the right thing at the right time, in right place. Manager does things right. A Manager is someone who plans, organizes and allocates resources, controls and solves problems. Manager administers while Leader innovates. Manager focuses on system processes, a Leader focuses on people; Manager relies on control, a Leader inspire trust; Manager has a short range view; a Leader has a long-range perspective. A Leader knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. All Managers are not Leaders but all Leaders can be Managers. K