Leadership

Leadership Leadership Lessons MGT/330 Leaders lead people. That may sound obvious yet it is often overlooked. For a leader to be effective he must have followers. Leaders earn their followers by exerting influence. James C. Georges, of Par Training Corporation, notes, “Hitler was a leader and so was Jim Jones, Jesus of Nazareth, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy And Ronald Regan were all leaders.” From this beginning it is plain to see that leaders are not necessarily ethical, moral or righteous but they do necessarily have followers. Leaders are not all rich, white or smart but they do all have followers. Leaders in fact are hard to pigeonhole, they have many diverse character traits. However, they usually are capable of expressing through words (like Hitler) or deeds (like Gandhi) their vision. They are frequently gifted at developing others understanding the importance of grooming their replacement. These are merely two traits common to successful leaders in or out of the business- world. Why do people follow' What gives a man like Terry Bradshaw, a four-time Super Bowl champion, the ability to motivate a group to grown men to overachieve and obtain greatness' People like Bradshaw are gifted communicators. They seem to posses leaders, ability, people, others, leadership, leader, influence, coca-cola, york, success, over, new, great, followers, develop, bradshaw, able, winfrey, replacement, motivate, limbaugh, lead, jesus, hitler, developing, company, behavior, action, years, world, virtue, understand, two, traits, title, teammates