Leadership Perspectives

The concept of leadership is a very ancient origin. In today's fast-changing world, leadership issues are getting increasingly important in organizations both at policy and implementation levels. The key to the progression of leadership is the need to coordinate the efforts of a group. The person who coordinates the group's effort is called the leader, and the behavior of the leader towards the members of the group (followers) is his leadership style. Thus, leadership is an interpersonal relationship between the leaders and followers. Leadership style is the result of philosophy as well as the personality and experience of leaders. It depends upon the nature of the tasks, type of followers, conditions prevailing in the organization, etc. Leading is a very human activity, as diverse and robust as any other activity. Each and every leader has his/her own style. Therefore, there are as many leadership styles as there are leaders.