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...situations you have seen and you will spot leaders who were at the bottom of the hierarchy, or in positions with no formal authority.

There is a set of definable leadership skills which, when used fully, helps managers get the most from their team. Many organisations now run programmes to improve the leadership skills of staff at all levels from supervisor through to Managing Director. This underlines the point increasingly understood by organisations--that leadership is not something we are either born with or without, but is something that can be developed.

Definition

Leadership is notoriously difficult to define. The link with management is especially difficult and one way of looking at it is to say that "pure" leaders don't have to be good managers but every manager has to be an effective leader. You may be given the title "manager" but you earn the role of "leader". So what makes a good leader? Leaders:

* have followers--without followers who trust, rely on and feel supported by the leader there is no real leadership

* have vision--they have a clear, exciting image of the future and set the agenda for their...

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