Leadership is a common and quite simple word but rather very difficult word to define due to its complexity and multifaceted composition. According to Bass (1981) leadership can be defined in different ways: It is an act of influencing activities of an organized group in its quest to set goals and also to achieve certain goals. He also defined leadership to mean the influence that somebody exercises in a situation by means of communication in order to attain a specified goal. However in order to be a leader you require a variety of qualities. A good leader is one who doesn’t know everything: trying to imagine that effective leadership is related to knowing everything is one of the most dangerous misconceptions in the field of leadership. So as much as the final decision and responsibility lies with one individual, it is important for him/her to gather other peoples’ opinions or views and respects them before making a final decision on an issue.
When we people in the organized association cooperate, they can often achieve more than going it alone by combining ideas, supporting each other and making a commitment to get the job done. Every individual has something to offer and can contribute to the other’s success; not working with the right people however, can have the complete opposite effect. One thing is for sure, without cooperation, it is quite possible that the human race would not have evolved to high society that we are today, regardless of our individual intellects and abilities.
On the other hand, getting along with leaders who are open-minded with what his subordinate would like to share , then success and more immediate positive result is attained.
Leaders most of the time is the source of whether success or failure of any endeavor within the association, hence how leaders get along with associate contribute too.
At the end, collaborative relationship between leaders and subordinate constitute success.
By: NERCY M. DE MESA | Administrative Assistant II | SAMAL NATIONAL HS MAIN
