According to Marine officers Timothy Saint and Nicholas Smith, there are similarities between managing the war in Iraq and managing an office. They ‘learned a lot about leadership and management’ that they wish someone had told them while they were boot lieutenants during their service in Iraq. Both believe that most of what they learned [...]

Leaders are always measured by their performance. The influence they have had on other people is the summary of their leadership. The best leaders are adders and multipliers as seen in their actions and decisions. They are unselfish and make the best of others. This means that a leader cannot exist with his or her [...]

It is an undeniable fact that a leader can make or break the group. Much of the group’s personality takes after the leader’s personality. Much of the group’s energy is a reflection of the leader’s stamina. A huge part of the group’s interest comes from the leader’s interest. Most importantly, the level of inspiration that [...]

An inspiring leader communicates with the group. It is one thing to just lay out plans and give commands. It is another to enjoin the people to collectively carry out plans and create an atmosphere of responsibility and accountability. A good leader inspires people to move and act by clearly explaining the rudiments of plans [...]

The visionary quality of a leader is another qualification that comes as a strong preference of followers. They want a leader who has the capacity in delineating plans to achieve organizational goals and objectives. This is leadership direction. This also translates to the leader’s concern for the organization. The people interpret this as a leader [...]

A good leader worthy of loyal following is fundamentally honest. This translates to the corollary qualities of being truthful, ethical, and principled. There is no escaping the fact that the only way to gain people’s trust and confidence is for a leader to have integrity and character. People can only believe the leader that they [...]

People believe what they see and feel themselves. Even if there are other mechanisms that issue opinions about leaders such as opinion-makers and media, it is still, ultimately, the perception of the people that make them gauge the leadership of the one who heads them.
This perception is personal and based on what people see for [...]

A leader can exhibit the requisite skills but it is the people whom the leader serves who define the effectiveness of the leadership. The leader is only as much as the followers make him or her to be. This happens only if the leader is perceived and validated as serving the needs and wants of [...]

There are a lot of managers but very few leaders. The difference between managers and leaders is the method they use on their followers or subordinates. How they motivate people to believe in them and follow their orders determines the quality of how they conduct the activities at their level. In other words, how a [...]

The debate over leadership versus management will not help organizations as this debate only produces useless stereotypes. Leadership and management are both important, but they seek to do different things. Management has the inherent implication that if the organization is doing well, little or no change is needed. However, the business environments today have become [...]