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"Leadership A To Z" - Brief Overview

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illustrates how the perception of leadership has shifted significantly from what is used to be. The shape of contemporary leadership has taken on a vastly divergent appeal in that  while there still exists the inherent requirement of maintaining the group and orchestrating a task or activity, the entire dimension has been modified as a means by which to address  the issues of power and diffuse its all-too-often adverse impact upon performance and bottom line objectives. II. THREE IMPORTANT FACTS TO SUPPORT THE MAIN IDEA OTooles three most important  criteria include determining who the leader is, a realization he notes can be claimed at virtually any level of the organizational chain. Management is not the only place in  which guiding forces can exist; rather, all personnel have the potential for building leadership. Secondly, the behavior of subordinates - how they respond to authority, the level of respect  this individual cultivates in the staff, how motivated they are, etc. - is highly indicative of how successful a leader this person is. Thirdly, alignment and adaptability are two  important words in OTooles organizational vocabulary, inasmuch as if subordinates are aligned with managements organizational goals but are working toward those goals in different directions, the cohesion between/among the group  will be splintered and wholly ineffective. Ineffective leadership can be disastrous if the wrong person is at the helm, insofar as subordinates have  come to depend upon its ability to successfully address organizational crises. Defining exactly what a leader means and whether or not the masses place far too much emphasis upon  success based upon the abilities of one persons attributes are two concerns OToole addresses in attempting to narrow the broad aspect of leadership. In his discussion on what defines