MBA 621-5A Organizational Theory & Behavior
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Comprehensive Paper
Abstract This paper is going to consist of how to have leadership skills for today’s workforce. It will dig deep into previous years of leadership skills, how and where leadership skills came from and what to do in order to achieve the skills of leadership. The big question is; what is the best leadership skill for one to become a leader? This paper will also look into some of the strategies of leadership and how to actually maintain the skills and be able to use the leadership skills in and out of the workplace. This paper will cover some of our great leaders that have held some of the best leadership skills and traits and how they became …show more content…
Some look at leadership as the ability to lead. I agree 100% with leadership being the ability to lead, but in order to have the ability to lead you have to have more. There has to be a process of social leadership in which a person is able to aid and support others in their accomplishment when it comes to a specific task; this is a process of social influence on someone. Paying attention to how leaders carry themselves and interact with others socially giving guidance and being helpful. Leadership is also organizing a group or team of people to achieve a common goal and sometimes the leader may not have formal authority, but they are leading/guiding the group or team in accomplishing the goal. As a leader with leadership skills, there are special traits one should have and studies have produced theories involving these traits. This is what this paper is going to focus on the most; the different traits and qualities of leadership. I found five (5) leadership traits and qualities that are interesting because some people just do not own them and they are as …show more content…
Too many people in authority falsely equate their positions as leaders with being automatically smarter and better than those they lead. Conversely, a good leader is inclusive, honorable and fair, compassionate and merciful, and honors others. His/her leadership is clearly with humility. It’s said in one of the online articles I read that “Good leadership is serving those who are led”, and I truly believe that. How do you ever know how to even become a good leader if you’ve never followed or served a good leader? It’s almost impossible. I know I mentioned above the training and skills, but that all comes with following and serving a good