INTRODUCTION
So, what is leadership? The word lead means ‘to guide on a way by going in advance’ (Longman New Universal Dictionary). So, it’s safe to say that leading involves taking someone on a journey from their current position to somewhere else. The journey can be physical as when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, or psychological where a leader turns around the attitudes of a group of workers. Whichever it is, it involves change. You can’t be a leader unless you lead change of some kind. That’s what leaders do: they change things.
But how does the leader bring about change? One thing is clear, they can’t do it on their own. They need the help of others. This turns leadership into a process which involves influencing others to work ...
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