"Influencing people - by providing purpose, direction, and motivation - while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization." -- US Army Manual
Peter F Drucker once said "Leaders grow, they are not made" .
"The knowledge is power " is a timeless truth that all leaders understand. Effective resources are indeed a highly valued commodity, as is anything that will ethically give a leader a advantage
Leadership today has become a very multi meaning term. Professionals from various disciplines have defined 'Leadership' in different ways. Paradigm shifts in the cultures of Organizations and the consistent parallel and horizontal development of companies have raised the need to look at leadership in a new angle.
A strong company is the one that has leaders spread all across the company, not just at the top. The business world today needs both good leaders and good managers. However, because of the rapid change occurring in the industry today, a company needs far more leaders, not more managers.