the imporatance of leadership in an organization?
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An ideal leader is the person who knows the people he's working with, everything he makes is not only for himself but for the entire department he's leading and nevertheless never makes any important decision without consulting with his "boys" first.
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U can't be a leader all the time a good leader has to be versatile and be able to work as a team member ocassionally.
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It already is in some places! If we choose someone new for our team we look for a bunch of things but mainly they have to be able to work in our team as a team member and not a VIP and they have to be motivated. I would always choose someone motivated over someone with alot of experience but who seems unmotivated. Of course we always look for someone with an education in our field but we also have people on our team that have never worked in this job before but show the ability to learn and adapt and to play on a team. Oh yeah.. it also helps if they´re just nice who don´t have too man issues :-)
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I tend to think there is a difference between being a "good leader" and a "good" leader.\n\nI believe that in order to be a "good" leader, one should have the following traits: a) do no harm to all forms of life that do not directly harm those they lead; b) be receptive to the thoughts, opinions and feelings of other human beings whether they lead them or not;  c) strive to help the people they lead to be more educated and self-sufficient at a pace in which they are most comfortable; d) be an objective judge when dealing with conflicting situations that arise from those they lead; e) overcome, or at least set aside any fears and prejuidices; f) approach other leaders with diplomacy and ensure that any agreements made with them benefit both sets of followers; g) have a seemingly neverending sense of patience.\n\nThere are people that have been leaders that have harmed those that followed them.  Examination of cult followings usually reveals this to be a valid case.  These people who have led others to take their own lives are "good leaders", with 'good' meaning being highly successful at having others do something they wanted them to do.  Usually these people are extremely charismatic and play upon others' fears, ignorances and religeous beliefs.
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Sometimes, leaders are born. Most often though, leaders are made, through various ways. Sometimes, leaders are made because of a death, sometimes by other circumstances out of their control.
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They don't want them to be perfect, just a good example of improving character.  A human elected to represent others is and should be under heavy scrutiny, even if he/she has a perfect record.   It isn't worth our laziness to allow a leader to misrepresent us with his bad habits.
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Uniformity can be downright boring. Its always better for an organization to HAVE a broader point of view than to have a much narrower one. It makes the meetings so much more entertaining and it gives the members something to discuss over potluck.
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real leadership requires enough power to make it stick.  whatever decisions are made must have the ability to be applied to people.  whether power requires leadership as an outlet, i don't know.  sometimes the most powerful people are the quietest and humblest...mother teresa.\n\nhere's a discussion about your question you may enjoy while waiting for more answers...\nhttp://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_04.htm
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both - sometimes the ability to lead is a ingrained trait - and sometimes it is learned.  The best leaders, IMHO, are born that way\n\nAnd just because you are a "leader" doesn't make you a particularly good one.  Sometimes leaders are made that way because they happen to be in the right place at the right time.
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Scholars used to think that leadership was something that people are born with. The theory now is that leadership skills can be taught and improved through practice. If this was not the case leadership courses wouldn't exist, they would just pick the natural leaders all the time.
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qualities?? you have to graduate first.. but anyway, i think one of the most important qualities is leadership. that's VERY important.
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Organizational Development
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If you picture business as a large group of people all involved with the task of cutting down a path through a forest for the purpose of making way for a road. Up front, you have all the workers with axes, and saws busy cutting down trees. Good managers will count how many trees their people have cut each day, ensure they have the required tools, ensure their axes and saws are sharp and make sure they get paid. A leader is anyone in that group who has the courage to climb one of those trees, look around, look at the proposed roadmap, and if things don't look good, a leader has the courage to say, "Hey, we are cutting in the wrong direction.!"
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My boss right now is horrible because she is a punk! She lets her assistant basically set her mood for the day, and tell her what to do. I feel that any true leader (boss, supervisor, manager,...etc) should truly lead in their position not be lead.
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I might agree that most women would prefer a man to lead. I think many women these days feel forced into leadership roles because men have not asserted themselves. I'm not totally convinced that it's the design of nature that causes this. My observation is that it is a cultural thing. Alot of Women still view it as a burden and a temporary  perversion of nature that has placed them in leadership. Once they  have accepted their role as leader, they seem to thrive and often outperform men in similar positions. So I think it's cultural!
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In order to be an effective manager, you need to be a good leader.  In my opinion, the words manager and leader are synonymous in the business world.  Managers (leaders) must have a thorough knowledge of the job, organize and motivate subordinates to pursue a common goal, direct for the future, etc.  But one of the most important characteristics is role modeling.  Leaders must be a good role model for their followers (i.e. managers must be a good role model for their subordinates)--if they want their followers to act a certain way, they must project that image for them.