LEADERSHIP

LEADERSHIP INTRODUCTION "Leadership is a process where by an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal". (Northhouse.P.G, 2001) Leadership is a process means that it is not a trait or characteristic that resides in the leader, but is a transactional event that occurs between the leader and his or her followers. Process implies that leader affects and is affected by followers. Leadership involves influence; it is concered with how the …

…other individuals who are not too clearly related to him. Actually, the leader emerges as a consequence of the needs of a group of people and of the nature of the situation within which that group is attempting to operate Another way of considering the problem of defining leadership is in terms of group goals. It can be said that the leader is the individual who is able to lead the group toward its goals.