Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Mar. 2011
The leadership is he leading group of a institution or from an organism that can belong to the most diverse fields. It is made up of several individuals, who are popularly known as leaders.
“The leadership of the Argentine club Boca Juniors unanimously decided to incorporate the forward from Lanús.”
Person or group that manages and defends the rights and interests of an institution
In a way, leadership is the engine that will drive the organization or institution in question with a view to achieving its objectives, which should always be oriented to bring well-being to the associates.
Preparation and leadership profile
The great responsibility that it supposes to direct an institution makes it strictly necessary that those individuals who are chosen to conform it are duly prepared, either professionally in the matter on which the organization deals, as well as have a solid personality that allows them to carry out the work, even in the face of adversity if it is considered worth doing because the decisions made in the long term will bear very good results.
The leader, on behalf of the institution he represents, will be the person who must make the decisions that affect the himself and the individuals who make it up, especially he must look after his interests and fight for the rights that correspond.
The concept of leader is normally applied in our language to politicians, trade unionists, or the person in charge of the direction of any type of institution.
By case, it is a position that not only demands to fulfill important responsibilities because a significant number of people are being represented, but it is also a position that demands the provision of charisma and of leadership in order to be carried out in a relevant way.
The leader will be considered the maximum reference of the organization in question and therefore its members usually see him as a role model, to be imitated, and it is common for them to approach him to consult him and also to request his assistance and protection in some situations.
Conditions that a good leader must meet
In all societies throughout the history of humanity, men have emerged who occupied the position of leaders due to those characteristics of innate leaders.
From the most primitive communities this can already be observed, the need to have someone who exercises the role of leader and takes care of the demands and needs of the community that it integrates.
Of course there have been good leaders and also bad ones, the good ones are those who lead towards the objective in a comfortable and without problems.
So, to carry out a successful leadership, the leader must have the following capabilities: management capacity, which implies skill to organize the work, direct the people who are in their charge, relate the organization with others, get support and external and internal contributions for its management; resolving ability, which means being prepared to face any problem that is triggered in the performance of the position, always be willing to seek solutions and never delve into problems that may arise arouse; Y knowledge of its functionsWithout it, it will be practically impossible for it to function successfully.
But in addition to his own, he must know those of the rest of the managers, as well as the legal rules that regulate the organization he presides over. To the knowledge, in addition, you must add information, regarding its context, such as the topics or issues pending resolution and also know information about the country in which the organization lives, so that it take place in coherence with the joint national.
One of the most frequent conflicts that usually occur in the leaderships is the presence of one-person leaders who are only concerned with keeping their power firm and unscathed and do not concern themselves with the well-being of their constituencies, which should be their primary mission and objective to fulfill.
This behavior can lead to serious problems and negative consequences.
The leadership must provide service to the people, whom it represents and never be subject to the whims of whoever owns it.
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