Leadership

Leadership
After conducting some research on leadership, many questions have been brought to my attention. Some questions include the following: What is a leader? Are leaders made or born? What is the difference between leadership and management? What are the theories concerning leadership? Answers to these questions, and many others, should become clear enough at the end of this research. Schermerhorn defines leadership as “a special case of interpersonal influence that gets an individual or group to do what the leader wants done” (287). On the other hand, Kathryn Bartol defines leadership as “the process of influencing others to achieve organizational goals” (415). After analyzing the two quotes, I ask myself “What is leadership?” I believe that leadership is the process of directing and guiding the behaviors of others in the appropriate directions to accomplish the goals and missions previously set. Schermerhorn and Bartol highlight the same issue, however although the...