A winner never quits-Leadership

A leader is someone who brings people together and gave them guidance towards common goals. According Chinese military general “Art of War” Sun TZU leader is one who cultivate the moral law and proper methods and discipline. Thomas Carlyle says leader were born and not made, other views of Spencer is that leaders are the result of the society in which they lived. Leadership is the ability lid that determines a person’s level of effectiveness. We can mention great leaders such as Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Gandhi and Steve Jobs of Apple.

Qualities of Leadership

• Honesty- leader’s makes honest and ethical behavior important value, your team will follow
• Ability to delegate-delegating tasks to your team is one of the important skills as a leader. Delegation is identifying the strength of your team and capitalizes on them.
• Sense of humor-The leader should instill a positive energy and encourage your team to laugh at mistakes instead of crying.
• Team morale. In crisis you need to ensure your team stays calm and confident. Confidence-when things are not the way they were supposed to be part of the leader job is to put fires and maintain the
• Commitment- if your expect your team to work hard and produce quality content and lead by example.it earn you respect of your team
• Positive attitude-the leader create conducive atmosphere in the company members are invited out for coffee or just occasional beer in the office to keep office mood fine.
• Creativity-the leader think out of the box and choose which is the best choice when have two choices.
• Intuition-the leader lead in uncertain times to guide the team through the process of your day to day tasks.
• Ability to Inspire-the leader makes the team feel invested in the achievement of the company and inspire them to focus on the future goals.

Leadership theories

• Great man theories-great leaders are born with internal characteristics such as confidence, charisma, intelligence and skills that make them born leaders.
• Trait theories-leaders have special traits such as self-confidence, extroversion and courage.
• Contingency theories- the success of the leader depends on various variables like leadership styles, qualities of the followers and the situation.
• Situational theories-leaders choose the best action based on the situational variables.
• Behavioral theories-leaders are made not born and people can become great leaders through teaching and learning.
• Participative theories-leaders encourage and contributions from groups and make groups to feel committed to the decision.
• Management theories-focused more on the role of supervision, organization and people performance
• Relationship theories-it focus on connections formed between leaders and followers and inspires people.

Leadership styles

• Autocratic style- the leaders take decision without consulting with others and decision made without any form of consultation.
• Democratic style- the leader involves people in the decision-making and it is appreciated by people.
• Laisser-faire style- the leaders is not much involve in decision making and allows people to make their own decisions but is still responsible for the results.