LEADER

MEANING
A leader is one who guides and directs other people .He gives the efforts of his followers a direction and purpose by influencing their behaviour. Therefore, leadership may be defined as the quality of behaviour of a person by which he is able to persuade others to seek the goals enthusiastically.Its the force which binds a group together and motivates it towards certain goals. According to George R. Terry "Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives."
Koontz and O'Donnell have defined leadership as "the ability of a manager to induce subordinates to work with confidence and zeal." In the words of Robert Appleby Leadership is a means of direction. It is the ability of management to induce subordinates to work towards group ideals with confidence and keenness." Simply stated, leadership is a process involving two or more people in which one attempts to influence the other's behaviour towards the accomplishment of some goals.