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2. Knowledge has to be improved, challenged and increased
constantly, or it vanishes.---Peter F. Drucker
Introduction
As we approach the third millennium, America cries out for
leadership at all levels of society and in every organization that
compose it. It must be a national priority to seek out effective
leaders. We urgently need culturally sensitive women and men who
can grasp the vision of the future. Leadership is the essential
force behind any successful organization. Effective leaders help
generate vital and viable organizations that can develop and
mobilize into new visionary roles in todays modern society. In so
doing, leaders can form a more desirable future for this nation and
the world. In contrast, ineffective leadership directs society into
becoming a dreamless society lacking purpose, vision and cohesion.
Bennis states:
3. Leaders are the ones with vision, who inspire others and cause
them to galvanize their efforts and achieve change. Managers, on
the other hand, will follow standard operating procedure to their
graves, if necessary, because they do not possess the ability to
change course (Bennis, 1997, 17).
The study of leadership has focused on traits, behavior and more
recently qualities that create leadership.
4. Another perspective examines leader behavior, for as Greenberg and Baron (2000) note, we may not be born with the right stuff,but we certainly strive to do the right thingsthat is, to do what it takes to become a leader. 5. Studies have looked more holistically between leaders and followers.