Julian Burnside Leadership

Leadership has many definitions. Some defined it as a way a leader influences other. Others stated that leadership is the study of what makes a leader effective (Dalglish & Miller 2010, p.4). For instance; Smith and Bell (2014) defined leadership as a process of attempting to influence the behaviours of others. Many theories have been developed to identify and to describe what make some leaders effective and others not. According to Dalglish and Miller (2010), some people become leaders through political process or through a career progression to lead the organisation or from within the community with a mission to make that society better. Leadership is a way to persuade people to work towards a required or common goal. Leaders can change how their followers views themselves and they also have influence over their sense of belonging to the team.

The aim of the report is to discuss a theory concept by studying one of the Australians current leaders. Throughout this paper, an inspirational leader (Julian Burnside) will be an example of how some effective leaders became successful in their fields. Here, the background of the leader such as family and education will be discussed. The paper will further explain some of the challenges the leader

He specialises commercial ligation and is involved in human rights work. Julian Burnside is the chair of Melbourne arts venue forty-five downstairs and Mietta Foundation (Burnside 2009, p.1). He is writes books and had published children’s book called ‘Matilda and Dragon’. Julian Burnside wrote a book title ‘Watching Brief; reflections on human rights, law and Justice’. He also put together a compilation of letters written by asylum-seekers held in Australia detention camps. (Burnside 2009, p.1). Julian Burnside is also a public speaker. He attends many refugees or asylum-seekers related events and