Why Be A Leader?

Explain why someone would want to assume a leadership role within an organization. What are the pros and cons of being a leader?

The feeling of empowerment and being in control makes a lot of people feel like they have succeeded in life. However, a leader's job is to provide vision and inspiration, which in turn will provide direction to his or her followers. Anyone who wants to assume a leadership role within an organization is doing it because they see there is an opportunity for them to take an organization and make it prosper. They see there is an opportunity for them to prove they have the qualities one person must posses to be a great leader and they want to prove themselves as being one. However in doing so, one must know there are many pros and cons of being a good leader.

There are great advantages to being a leader. Leaders are looked up on by their subordinates and feel important. They can take an organization that is struggling, or a follower looking for guidance and show them the right direction they must go to improve. They have the knowledge and smarts to motivate and guide people to feel better about them selves and want to work together. Leadership is more a process of qualities one must possess, and leaders must not be afraid to make changes but instead realize when the time is necessary for change. An effective leader is one who identifies the right job that needs to be done, influences the right people at the right time to do the job, and gets it done in the right ways (Manktelow, 2005, pg. 16).

However, there are also downsides to being the person who leads. A leader is the one person in the organization that must know and understand everyone he works with. He must know how to make fair and ethic decisi...

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