Leadership Redefined

In our nation many people who hold or occupy leadership position have tend to wrongly define leadership by their actions or inactions. Let me clarify the term by examining the meaning of true leadership.

A leader strengthens and inspires the followers to accomplish shared goals. According to James Macgregor Burns “a leader instills purpose and is not one who controls by brute force”. He adds that leaders shape the organisational’s value, promote the organisation’s value, promotes the organisation’s value and exemplify the organisation’s value.

Ultimately Burns says “Leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality. Are you developing leadership skills?

Oluyemi Adeosun