Leadership

Leadership can be defined as “the ability to inspire confidence in and support among the people who are needed to achieve organisational goals” (DuBrin, 2012, p.28).[1] Alternatively, leadership is “the discipline of deliberately exerting special influence within a group to move it toward goals of beneficial permanence that fulfil the group’s real needs” (Haggai, 2009, p.20)[2]. There is a difference between leadership practices in private and public sector.

The following is the list of popular leadership theories:

• Contingency theories of leadership
• Emotional Intelligence
• Fiedler’s Theory
• Leadership Continuum Theory
• Path-Goal Theory
• The Great Man Theory

There are many types of leadership styles and the following are the most popular leadership styles:

• Autocratic Leadership Style
• Consultative Leadership Style
• Democratic (Participative) Leadership Style
• Laissez-Faire Leadership Style
• Transactional Leadership Style
• Transformational Leadership Style

You can find analysis of leadership practices at major international companies in this portal here.

[1] DuBrin, A.J. (2012) “Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills” 7^th edition, Cengage Learning

[2] Haggai, J.E. (2009) “The Influential Leader: 12 Steps to Igniting Visionary Decision Making” Harvest House Publishers