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Leadership can be defined in many different ways It is interpreted various ways by people around the world The most common definition of a leader is a person whom other people look up to and follow his principles The leader has a vision wisdom and courage to achieve the goal The popular sayings is that Great leaders are born not made It is true to some extent the capacity for great leadership is innate However learning how to be a more effective leader is within everyone s grasp An effective leader would make his followers believe in the vision and work with everyone to reach towards the goal Leadership Models There are many different approaches and leadership models developed by business people and psychologists to describe the different ways to lead people based on human psychology Based on my learning from other classes and personal experience there is no one particular model better than the other effective leaders use a blend of different styles depending on the situation and their people s need All different leadership models are built on common themes such as inspiration vision and focus on the relationship and emotional connection between leaders and followers Nahavandi pg 179 Charismatic Leadership Charismatic leaders are gifted with grace and charm They encourage their followers via their personality persuasion and eloquent communication and inspire their followers to do things or to do things better this is done by conjuring up enthusiasm in others for a stated vision or goal Charismatic leadership is often seen on political and religious leadership
