“Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow”. (Kouzes & Posner, 2002).

“Leadership is the ability of developing and communicating a vision to a group of people that will make that vision true” (Kenneth Valenzuela, 2007)

People are born with inherited traits. Some traits are particularly suited to

leadership. The main proponents:

› Thomas Carlyle› Ronald Heifetz› Shelley Kirkpatrick and Edwin A. Locke

Leaders can be made, rather than are born.

Successful leadership is based in definable, learnable behavior.

The main proponents:› David McClelland› Kurt Lewin, Ronald Lipitt, and Ralph White

Leadership styles:› authoritarian, › democratic › laissez-faire

Leadership is setting a new direction or vision for a group that they follow, i.e.: a leader is the spearhead for that new direction

Management controls or directs people/resources in a group according to principles or values that have already been established.

Leadership is a facet of management Differences In Perspectives Subordinate As A Leader Loyalty The Leader Is Followed. The Manager

Rules Management Knows How It Works

Leadership without management;

Management without leadership; Leadership combined

with management.

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Scottish Independence . Regarded as a patriot and national

hero. Defeated an English army at

Stirling. Became Guardian of Scotland. After several years executed for

treason. The inspiration for the poem, The

Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie.

This poem subsequently became the basis of Randall Wallace's screenplay for the 1995 film Braveheart.

South Korea's largest company In 2005, Samsung overtook Japanese rival

Sony Samsung Electronics + Samsung Heavy

Industries + Samsung Engineering & Construction

Whatever the theories are, the leadership is evaluating and with every research is becoming more and more popular. While the first leaders were like dictators, nowadays it is different. Leaders are trying to get more communication with people.

Leadership is about setting a new direction for a group; management is about directing and controlling according to established principles. However, someone can be a symbolic leader if they emerge as the spearhead of a direction the group sets for itself.