The concept of leadership is as old as humans on earth. Former president of the United States Dwight Eisenhower once argued, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else do what you want.” While Eisenhower’s words were the closest to meaning to the meaning of leadership, they were an abstract definition of the concept of leadership. Is Eisenhower’s definition still standing? Scholars agree that while leadership plays an instrumental role in achieving goals and aspirations of organizations, there are conceptually agreed methods that define leadership. Some leadership strategies include authoritarianism, democratic leadership, and servant leadership, among others. This papers attempts to delve into the concept of leadership model as described by Howard Schultz. The understanding of leadership is a multi-dynamic subject of study that easily condenses into effective relationship between people.
It is just natural that not everyone has to become a leader. However, those who are unfortunate not be leaders will not follow anyone who shows up just to be a leader. Moreover, people do not like to accept old fashioned leaders that are authoritative, control freaks, and who like to enforce new management procedures on others. Followers is more comfortable with leaders who posses well- rooted human values and who have respect for talents and contributions given by others. Followers would like leaders who make them feel enthusiastic in all their actions. For that reason, effective running of an organization requires leadership that must be able to have clearly defined priorities, visionary thinking, and efficient strategies. These are qualities that any organization seeking to have an organized and working system ought to expect on their leaders. It is upon this base our research.
Lessons from this section of the paper :
The leaders have the responsibility of creating an enthusiastic and loyal following basing on their actions and how they best use their leadership positions. Research has shown that an enviable leader is one who possesses qualities such as honesty, forward thinking, inspiring, and competent. A realistic view of the leader is helpful in building trust based on mutual understanding, as opposed to an idealized based trust and expectation. Second, leaders can make the mistake of portraying themselves as saints in the eyes of their followers by covering up their mistakes and weaknesses.
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