It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
Defining what make a “leader” and what we mean by “leadership” is very challenging. There are as many definitions of leadership books on the topic. This section contains an ever increasing collection of leader and leadership definitions. It’s our hope that this collection will assist in providing some insight and clarity on what we mean by leader and leadership.
“Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.” Dr. Myles Munroe, The Spirit of Leadership Technorati Tags: Leadership, Definition, Spiritual, Book, Purpose, Vision Tweet
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“Leadership is acting – as well as caring, inspiring and persuading others to act – for certain shared goals that represent values – the wants and needs, the aspirations and expectations – of themselves and the people they represent. And the genius of leadership lies in the manner in which leaders care about, visualize, and [...]
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“Leadership is a function of knowing yourself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” – Warren Bennis Tweet
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The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) published an interesting article “Everyday Leaders, Everyday Leadership” discussing research they conducted into the lives of everyday leaders, people in home schools and communities. André Martin from CCL describing everyday leadership says: “At CCL, we define leadership in terms of tasks, rather than role or position ….. Leaders are [...]
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Be Excellent directed me to a collection of formal leadership definitions, some of the definitions that stood out for me are: Leadership is “the behavior of an individual. . . directing the activities of a group toward a shared goal.” (Hemphill & Coons, 1957) “The servant-leader is servant first…It begins with the natural feeling that [...]
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