Leadership is having the ability to convince others to route
defined goals enthusiastically. It motivates to lead toward the goal. It will
be the main factor of an organization or a company to reach their success. As a
basic definition leader can be defined as a person that someone can influence
and who has managerial authority. The final leadership objective will be to achieve
the final goal.
According to Stephen Robbins, "Leadership is the
ability to influence a group towards the achievement of goals.” According to
L.P. Alford and H.R. Beatty - "Leadership is the ability to secure
desirable actions from a group of followers voluntarily without the use of
coercion."
Qualities of Leadership
Certain qualities should possess with the Leaders while influencing
and receive the top results from the followers. Different professionals have recommended
varied qualities of leadership as Personal Qualities and Managerial Qualities.
Personal Qualities
1. Self-Confidence: Real leader necessary to have
self-confidence and strong will power while being enthusiastic and cheerful in case
of obstacles will create trust on his dependents.
2. Flexibility: Flexible attitude should possess where a decision
or a view should be prepared to alter or change at any given time if required.
3. Take Lead and Initiative: in some issues at uncertainties
and complexities, which requires to take decisions promptly while possessing a
quality of imagination, creative abilities, and courage to face realities confidently
and peacefully.
4. Dynamic Personality: Charming and cheerful personality
should possess having strong, good health and cool temper
5. Intellectual Capacity: A leader should be intelligent than
his followers and should have the ability to think logically analyze the situation
accurately and understand the problems clearly. An intellectual capacity is
very vital to be a good leader.
6. Vision and Foresight: Able to anticipate or visualize the
probable trends and develop own policies and programs with foresight. Required
sound judgment and the ability to take the right decisions at right time.
7. Sense of Responsibilities: should able to bear the burden
of all his decisions upon himself and should be dependable so that the subordinates
can trust him.
8. Character: Should be a strong character of a leader to
set an example before the followers while maintaining traits like honesty,
loyalty, and personal integrity and actions and attitudes should be morally
justifiable to create confidence among followers.
Managerial Qualities
1. Technical Knowledge: High sound in technical competency
in the job and organization where the ability to take the right decisions on different
matters. While having good technical knowledge, followers can be guided.
2. Situational Adaptation: Leaders should adapt to the dynamic
and rapid changes in the environmental.
3. Motivation Skills: Leaders motivational skills will make followers
active towards the work while having knowledge of the needs of subordinates which
can apply motivated techniques appropriately.
4. Effective Communication: should maintenance of two-way
communication system with followers having free to exchange views freely
without interruptions which helps on decision-making where It is an essential characteristics
of the leader .
5. Human Relations: A Leader should be social while having the ability to influence and manage followers. Work can be done effectively if
having a good relationship between subordinates. Win the confidence and the loyalty
of people inspired and motivated.
6. Power of Judgment: Power of judgment and ability to take
the right decision at the right time. It depends on one’s self-confidence and
self-control while having quality judgment whether the decision made by him is
correct or not.
(Sharma, et al.,
2011)
References
Sharma, P., Shrestha, A., Pant, H., Gautam, I., Thapa, R.
B., & Upadhyay, P. (2011). Buddha Publication.
