Leadership Discussion: Leadership Definition and Peer Responses

This discussion post focuses on the concept of leadership. The student begins by providing a response to the Independent Learning Task (ILT), defining leadership and exploring its various facets, including its role in guiding individuals and organizations. The post then includes two replies to peers,...Read More

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Discussion
Leadership is considered to be both the research area as well as the practical skill that
is recorded to encompass the ability of an individual, a group of individual or an entire
business organisation in the synergy of leading as well as guiding other individuals, groups or
business entities (Matarazzo & Pearlstein, 2016, p. 168). The academic environment is
known to define the aspect of leadership as the practical and significant process that relates to
the synergy of social influence in which an individual can enlist the aid of guidance as well as
support of other people in the concern of accomplishing a common provided task (Priest &
Gass, 2017, p. 14).
In the present world of the business environment, Leadership has not just remained a
matter of controlling and pressurising people to work, the concept of leadership has changed
to a recognisable matter of intelligence, constancy, humaneness, discipline as well as courage
(Rahman & Mabrouk, 2017, p. 3). At present, the real leaders are not the ones who create
more followers, but, the real leaders are considered to be those who create better leaders for
the future of the business organisation. In this connection, an effective and efficient leader is
deemed to be the one who takes a proper lead in the task the same is provided with. Effective
leadership is considered to be the scenario where the leader recognisably encourages the team
to perform at their optimal level (Daly, 2017, p. 202).
Reply 1
Good Morning,
Dear Michael Johnson
As per the discussion based on your post of leadership, I could come up with a new
comprehensive concept about leadership that Leadership is a concept that is determined to be

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an influence, nothing more or less than that. I believe in this synergy that leadership does
influences people, but there are several aspects which shows that leadership is more than just
influencing people. Leadership helps in creating a better scenario of the working environment
as the same benefits in managing the lower-level employees of an organisation. Moreover,
the synergy of leadership helps the leaders to understand the nature of different individuals as
well as the group of individuals (Leroy et al., 2018, p. 4). Thus, the aspect of leadership does
not only influences other people, but it also helps in increasing the learning scenario of the
leaders as well. However, the differences in our thought process may be a result of biasness
or even our experiences in real life.
Reply 2
Good Morning,
Dear Gary Lowe,
After reading the post you have delivered in the synergy of describing the aspect of
leadership, I was in awe to realise that the thought process and experience you have on the
element of leadership is entirely what I think about it. I too have the same thought process
that the aspect of Leadership is more than only a title or controlling the lower-level followers.
It also involves the synergy of fostering an interactive level of influence within the
perspective of a situation where individuals, groups or an entire organisation desires a leader
to guide them to reach to the desired level of goal and objective (Maxfield, Noll & Broome,
2016, p. 15). In completely agree with your viewpoint that leadership is more than just a title.

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References
Daly, J., 2017. 11 The reflective leader. Developing as a Reflective Early Years Professional:
A Thematic Approach, p.202.
Leroy, H., Segers, J., Van Dierendonck, D. & Den Hartog, D., 2018. Managing people in
organisations: Integrating the study of HRM and leadership.
Matarazzo, J.M. & Pearlstein, T., 2016. Leadership in disruptive times. IFLA journal, 42(3),
pp.162-178.
Maxfield, R., Noll, G.B. and Broome, R., 2016. The Leadership LEAP: A Leadership Model.
SelectedWorks.
Priest, S. & Gass, M., 2017. Effective Leadership in Adventure Programming, 3E. Human
Kinetics.
Rahman, A.E. & Mabrouk, R., 2017. The Impact of First-line Nurse Managers Leadership
Development Training Program on Workgroup Climate and Performance (Doctoral
dissertation).