Leadership in an organization is probably one of the most underappreciated things that companies take for granted. Leaders do not simply grow on trees and they are not easy to find. Many people believe that leading is the same as managing and that is simply not the case. The two are very different and each affect the company in different ways. Having effective leadership in an organization can lead to many positive things including more efficient and productive workers.
Leadership is the process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals (Williams, 2014, p. 291). Managers tend to focus on doing the right things, but leaders are focused on doing the right thing. There are many notions about what a so called leader should possess. Leadership has played an important role throughout history. Whatever we do or wherever we go, there are leaders providing leadership in our lives. Different types of leaders and different approaches to leadership exist and all are used differently by different people. These methods view leadership through different perspectives. A leadership style refers to the leaders who carry out the roles and responsibilities of the leadership process. Just look around and I bet you can think of a handful of leaders just off the top of your head that are people you look up to. As Brian Tracy states “Leaders are made, not born. Nobody comes into the world as a natural leader. A person becomes a leader by, first of all, deciding to become a leader, and second of all, by learning the skills necessary to “elicit extraordinary performance from ordinary people.”(2014) People not only look up to but also respect leaders. The ideas and theories of leadership have been revealed and introduced to us from thousands of years ago. Leadership is something that started way back in the day and is something that will never go away. The world can be