Leadership Is A Fundamental Part Of The Non Profit Sector

Becoming a leader is not natural for all, some people have to spend time learning what it

There are numerous theories about leadership. Some of the theories suggest that leaders are born while others suggest that leaders are made through training.

Leadership is defined as the process in which an individual influences the group of individuals to attain a common goal. The goal is attained by mutual cooperation and cohesive behavior. A leader infuses a sense of positivity and directs others to reach the specified goal. Some would say military leaders are made, or just got well trained to be a leader. I feel there are born leaders and some who are given the position to be a leader. Their qualities I think you should posses to be a great leader, such as: Ability to learn on the job, share credit for success, can control emotions, has ability to communicate goal and vision, and most important integrity. With these skills you have the keys to become a great leader like Abraham Lincoln, John

True leaders are born with this ability not everyone can be an effective leader. A good leader can do the role of an effective manager. But leadership is complex, its not necessarily something that effective managers can learn. As trait theory approach described that people are born with inherited traits. Leaders should have as alert to environment, adaptability to situations, assertive, ambitious and achievement oriented, cooperative and dominant with desire to influence other, identified by Stogdil (1974). In addition, a leader should have certain skills such as being persuasive, diplomatic and tactful, conceptually and socially skilled.

The first premise given by the author is that leaders and managers of public and nonprofit organizations must be effective strategists gif these organizations are to fulfill their missions, meet their mandates, satisfy their constituents, and create public value in the years ahead. The second premise is that leaders and managers need to exercise as much discretion as possible in the areas under their control, they need to develop effective strategies to cope with changed and changing circumstances, and they need to develop a coherent and defensible basis for their decisions. An organization that comes to mind when thinking of an organization that fulfills most, if not all the qualifications for the above-mentioned premises would be my church

Growing up when I first heard about leadership I was told one of the false leadership myth and that is, leaders are born. I grew up with that mindset and so did a lot of us. This mindset sets us on the path to believe that leadership skills are like talents or is a talent given to only a select group of persons.

Some people are born leaders, others must work hard to become a great leader. As long as they put in the work, anybody can become a great leader. There are different types of leaders. Whether you have good or bad ones you will always learn something from them. You take from the good leaders what they did right to add in your style, but the bad ones influence you to not act like they did. This way your Soldiers only learn good habits from you.

Human beings are not born with leadership skills. There is a few lucky ones that has the natural leadership talent that they are capable of leading effectively. Anywhere you go, you can bring and use leadership skills. This skill is highly beneficial to anyone under any circumstance. Bringing out the best in people is something that good leaders can achieve. Leaders are huge influences to the society and can make individuals want to become better. Even if you are not a person with position in the community, having leadership skills will help you in any circumstances.

Leaders are not born or chosen, they are made. Most people consider themselves leaders solely due to the fact they are elected to be them for their skill. For instance, the captain of a certain soccer team may be captian solely because he can score goals gracefully and with ease, not because he knows how to motivate his team and lead them into the right direction. I wish I could say I never fit into this category, but the truth is, I did at one point. I was elected Captain of our school’s color guard team almost immediately after I entered High School. As an incoming freshman, my leadership skills were meak and underdeveloped. I worked poorly with others, and my authority among members was almost nonexistent. Fortunately, that would come to

Leaders aren 't born; their made. The process of leadership is long, complicated and has made elements. Respect, dignity, discipline, people skills, vision, emotional strength, opportunity, preparedness and experience are just some of the intangible elements which come into play when talking leadership.

Many would argue that leadership is innate (inborn) and that the character, style and competence needed to be a leader is infact genetic and it cannot be developed. However, others have argued that leadership is not down to genetics alone but that it can infact be developed over a period of time through environment and experiences. This is the opinion argued by Winston (Winston 2003), who says that “we are not merely the product of our genes: environment has a huge impact but in a mysterious way.” A further aspect to this question is whether leadership can be taught. There are many opinions on this matter but the “tendency is towards agreeing that, while little if anything can be taught, it can be learnt through development, growth and practise” (Gill, 2006:272).

There are three different types of leadership governance of the non-profit organization. Type 1 is fiduciary. The fiduciary type of governance strives to reduce organization waste, it’s goal is to be faithful to the mission, works towards using its resources most efficiency and effectively; to achieve this purpose, staff members are held accountable for their actions. It is this type that also questions if the organization’s procedures are legal. The second type of leadership governance is called “strategic”. In the type, the organization shifts from conformance to performance, and becomes more creative and there is a consensus in the sense of creating

We also have leaders that have not been called born leaders per say, yet they have created industrial empires, and have gathered millions of followers for the way they have conducted business throughout their time, leaders such as Sam Walton founder of Wal-Mart. After reading quite a bit about the life, upbringing, decision making and success of Sam Walton, I came to the realization that he had made himself a leader. The general consensus among those who had ever been in contact with Sam had the same words of gratitude, astonishment and admiration towards him, “He was an excellent businessman, and there is no doubt about that. He had a lot of his success because of the way he was able to treat the people around him and that he was able to make every single associate in that store that he met with feel like he was their friend as well as their boss. He did a lot for the associates; he tried to make things better. You were working for a man that you knew appreciated you.” Wal-Mart was successful due to the leadership of its founder. Many people attempted to describe the composition of this individual, “he was hardwired to be honest, competitive, courageous, caring, hardworking, frugal, driven, disciplined, curious, humble, stubborn, decisive, and ambitious, as well as street smart, team-oriented, a people developer, a tight-fisted negotiator, great communicator, teacher and aggressive competitor.”

The root of my position stems from another debate. A discussion which, in many ways, runs in parallel with this one – the discussion of ‘nature vs. nurture’, on this topic I passionately sit on the side of ‘nurture’ and therefore would feel somewhat hypocritical if I were to advocate the notion that ‘leaders are born!’

So if a leader needs a combination of characteristics that makes them successful is a leader born or made? The answer is both. Some people already possess the traits that they need to be leaders and are often leaders from an early age. Some people observe and eventually become leaders. Leadership can be taught. Over the years many theories about leadership have been developed. These theories include but are not limited to trait theories, behavioral theories, contingency theories, and functional theories.