Chapter: 12th Office Management and Secretaryship : Chapter 7 : Leadership and Communication

Characteristics of Leadership

Leadership is basically a personal quality.

Characteristics of Leadership

1. Leadership is basically a personal quality. This Quality motivates the individuals to be with leaders.

2. Leader, by exercising his leadership, tries to influence the behaviour of individuals around him to fulfil certain pre-determined objectives.

3. Leader tries to influence the individual to behave in a particular way.

4. There is a relationship between leader and individuals (followers) which arises out of functioning for a common goal.

5. Leadership is a continuous process of influencing behaviour.

6. Leadership is exercised in a particular situation. The situation variables also affect the effectiveness of leadership.

7. Along with situation leadership is affected by a given point of time under a specific set of circumstances. Thus leadership style will be different under different circumstances.

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