Definition Of Leadership

Leadership 
 
Leadership is a psychological process of influencing followers' subordinates and providing guidance directing and leading.

"Leadership are individuals who establish a direction for a working group of individuals who gain commitment from these group of members to this direction and who then motivate these members to achieve the direction's outcomes."

Leadership is the ability of an individual to persuade other individuals to behave in a particular way, willingly. It is the process of influencing individuals to work to achieve the desired result. Leadership involves developing and communicating a vision for the unforeseen future, encouraging other individuals, and assuring their involvement in the achievement of an objective.

In organizations, leadership entails motivating employees to do their jobs using the skills and commitment that are required for the attainment of desired results. This requires leaders to have efficient people skills so that they can cope with other individuals. People skills refer to the various attributes and competencies that enable an individual to work with other individuals. Leaders should possess certain people skills for efficient leadership. These skills are as shown:-

1- Assertive Skills 
2- Communication Skills 
3- Motivation Skills 
4- Adaptive Skills 

1- Assertive Skills - Effective leadership requires the ability to assert how individuals behave in certain situations as objectively as possible. Leaders should be able to use their assertive skills to identify the reasons for individuals' behaviors in a particular situation to interact with them, empathetically.

2- Communication Skills - Leaders should develop strategies to communicate their ideas and views effectively. Communication skills help in the exchange of ideas that lead to problem-solving and decision making, Both of which are required for efficient leadership.

3- Motivation Skills - Communication alone may not encourage people to follow a leader. Individuals are interested in knowing the benefits that a certain decision or strategy offers to them.

4- Adaptive Skills - An efficient leader is aware that no two individuals are the same, and they do not have the same needs. Therefore leadership requires having adaptive skills to adjust the communication and motivation techniques while meeting and individuals needs.