How Do You Define Leadership?
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008In the recently published book, Launching a Leadership Revolution: Mastering the Five Levels of Influence, the authors, Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward, ask “What is leadership?”
They go on to state, “The concept of ‘leadership’ is a complex one. Most everybody has a feel for what the term means, at least in a general sense, but generalizations about leadership don’t help very much. In order to understand how to lead and why to lead and what it even means to lead, we’d better get clear on what comprises this complex idea embodied in this simple little English word.”
A few good quotations about leadership:
“The successful leader gets superior performance from ordinary people.” – Al Kaltman
“Leadership is getting others to want to do something that you are convinced should be done.” – Vance Packard
“The leader’s job is to provide an empowering environment that enables employees to serve their customers and provide them the training, education, and support they need.” – Bill George
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