Essential Role of Leadership in Organizational Success

“Leadership will be the most important resource an organization can possess. After all, it will be leadership that determines whether organizations successfully harness the emerging opportunities and overcome the perils that await.” Jay A.Conger – Professor, London Business School.

Leadership plays a major role in determining the success or failure of an organization. Leadership skills can be developed, and learned. Everyone at some point in their life will be asked to be a leader. For instance, arranging an outing with peers, subordinate or family members. This person can be appointed or volunteer. To source for ideas, locations, shortlisting the ideal places and discuss with group members.

Today’s leaders need to exercise leadership in

Its about the practices leaders use to transform values into actions, vision into realities, obstacles into innovations, separateness into solidarity and risk into rewards.

Trends of leadership

Leadership styles changed over the last 10 years, from baby boomers to Generation X, then to Generation Y. Different generations have its own thoughts of belief.

For instance, Baby boomers traits are more motivating and persuasive. As next generation (Generation X) taking over, they demonstrate socially progressive, changed –oriented, and cultural sensitivity. Whereas for Generation Y, masters of abstract and conceptual thinking, highly ambitious, unlike the traditional styles of leadership like during the baby boomers generation.

An effective leadership in latest trends, indicating the following characteristic:

• Has a reputation of developing people to move ahead in his/her career,

• Shows humility, does not ‘know’ all the answers and is willing to go learn with an associate (even if he/she really does know the answer)

• A person who sees failure as growth and embraces the learnings they get from it.

These attributes make a transformational leader, one that will continuously improve the organization they