What is leadership? 

The word leadership can refer to:

1. The process of leading.
2. Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
3. The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission designated by the leader.

source: wikipedia

Answered by Rajesh , an ibibo Advisor, at 11:07 PM on January 20, 2008

Leadership is a quality a person may have. One can categorize the exercise of leadership as either actual or potential:

* actual - giving guidance or direction, as in the phrase "the emperor has provided satisfactory leadership".
* potential - the capacity or ability to lead, as in the phrase "she could have exercised effective leadership"; or in the concept "born to lead".

In both cases, as a result of the constancy of change some people detect within the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the act of learning appears fundamental to certain types of leading and leadership. When learning and leadership coalesce, one could characterize this as "learnership".

Leadership can have a formal aspect (as in most political or business leadership) or an informal one (as in most friendships). Speaking of "leadership" (the abstract term) rather than of "leading" (the action) usually implies that the entities doing the leading have some "leadership skills" or competencies.

Arieu defines a leader as "someone able to inspire another associate with a dream."

Answered by Amit Das , an ibibo Advisor, at 12:42 AM on January 14, 2008

Leadership is a process of getting things done through people.

These leaders are getting things done by working through people -- football players, Scouts, and ordinary citizens. They have used the process of leadership to reach certain goals.

Leadership is not a science. So being a leader is an adventure because you can never be sure whether you will reach your goal -- at least this time. The touchdown drive may end in a fumble. The troop may have a bad weekend during the camporee. Or the city's citizens may not be convinced that the mayor's policies are right. So these leaders have to try again, using other methods. But they still use the same process the process of good leadership.

Leadership means responsibility. It's adventure and often fun, but it always means responsibility. The leader is the guy the others look to to get the job done. So don't think your job as a troop leader or a staff member will be just an honor. It's more than that. It means that the other Scouts expect you to take the responsibility of getting the job done. If you lead, they will do the job. If you don't, they may expect you to do the job all by yourself.

Answered by Ashish , an ibibo Wizard, at 12:15 PM on January 13, 2008

Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. Leaders carry out this process by applying their leadership attributes, such as beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills.

Answered by Kajal , an ibibo Master, at 7:07 PM on January 12, 2008

From Wikipedia:
"The word leadership can refer to:

1. The process of leading.
2. Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
3. The ability to affect human behavior so as to accomplish a mission designated by the leader..." To learn more you could visit the link at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader ship

Answered by anusha , an ibibo Master, at 6:53 PM on January 12, 2008

Leadership means responsibility. It's adventure and often fun, but it always means responsibility. The leader is the guy the others look to to get the job done

Answered by Rajesh,HR , an ibibo Specialist, at 12:56 PM on January 12, 2008

Leadership is an art of getting things done through others by influencing their mind and creating a will to work,and setting example

Answered by girish , an ibibo Master, at 4:09 AM on January 12, 2008

Leadership is the quality to get the best out of every individual. A leader need not necessarily be a great worker but he/she should be able to motivate and get the work done by people under him/her and impress people who are on top of him/her. A person who can show results by motivating and extracting the best out of available resources is a Leader as per me.

Answered by Prasad , an ibibo Citizen, at 12:48 AM on January 12, 2008

Understanding things well before others is leadership and explaining to others makes him him or her a leader.

Answered by Govindarajan , an ibibo Master, at 7:00 PM on January 11, 2008