Leadership Case

Leadership has been defined in many ways, what is leadership in your opinion?

Discuss the importance and key elements that deliver an effective leadership process.

While leadership has been defined in so many ways by different scholars and researchers, I would define leadership in my own opinion as the ability to guide or inspire a group of people or organization towards accomplished a set objective or some common goals. This is made possible through the ability of one person (the leader) to control the thoughts, behaviors and attitudes of other people. In this regard, leadership can be described as the act of instigating and directing particular actions within an organization. Effective leadership is dependent on a number of ideas but these ideas have to be communicated by a leader to the group of people he/she is leading for better results. The leader utilizes some form of social influence to engage others in achieving some common tasks.

Effective leadership makes the difference between successful organizations and those that fail because it assists organizations in times of threat or risks. Effective leadership enables any organization to accomplish the mission for which it was established to achieve. This is due to the fact that it prevents the organizations to move slowly in their path of accomplishment, but rather to stay focused to the goals and objectives on target (Northouse, 2010).

There are some key elements that deliver an effective leadership process. These include things like; effective communication, trust, group cohesion, and commitment among others. Communication is a key element of effective leadership and it should both corporate as well as employee centered. Communication upholds a sense of recognition and makes people to feel as part of the entire organization or team. Trust within a group ensures that members interact freely with their leaders and it comes