COMPONENTS OF

LEADERSHIP
AS AN ART
As a leader, you are face to handle people in
different walks of life and it is a very challenging
road to take.
The leader must believe in people and
support a theory of leadership that espouses
imagination, ingenuity, creativity, and effort. How
the leader behaves toward peer group members
will demonstrate these beliefs.
Being a group leader requires a thinking
skilled performance based on knowledge and
ability acquired through management education
and training.
1.The strategic component

Leadership implies setting a direction that others

will follow. And this direction must not be random
or haphazard. It must be guided by some form of
strategic sense- an intuitive , entrepreneurial
sensing of the "shape of the future" and of
opportunities and goal. It is a unique blend of
thinking and feeling, analysis and intuition. Having
a strategic component is the trait that sets
leadership from management.
2. The action component

Leadership also implies movement. A leader moves

an organization from point A to point B. Vision
which is defined as a sense of strategic direction is
admirable and necessary, but action is the end
point. So leaders must be driven by a strong
propensity for action.
Of course managers, too are action oriented: the
difference is " managers ride and catch the waves ,
leaders create the waves" In other words it is a
combination of vision and action that marks a true
leader.
3. The culture component

It is critically important to develop a strategic culture

in a organization. A culture in which strategic
thinking, learning and action are widely dispersed
and a culture that creates a climate of openness and
trust. The reason for this truth is obvious: leadership
communicates the vision and drives towards action,
but action only happens through people.
4.The socio-political component

As if the challenges of competition, markets, and

technologies were not enough, the current power
shift in the world - the confluence of
democratization, market systems, privatization and
deregulation- is creating a mine field of social and
political issues for the cooperation.
Governance- This is defined as achieving
legitimacy for the dispersion of power, decision
making, and accountability among the corporations'
multiple constituencies.

Equity -This is defined as achieving perceived

fairness in the distribution of economic wealth. It is
also the pain of restructuring the organization in the
demand of the stake holders.
Employment -This is defined as satisfying the
societal need of job creation. It is also the
employees demand of securing the employment in
the face of global restructuring.

Public/private sector roles -This is defined as

working together to achieve a viable and publicly
accepted redefinition of the division of roles and
responsibilities between the public and private
sectors.
5. The moral component

The moral dimension of corporate leadership

should be obvious to all. It defines a leader to be
honest, fair, and open. The point here is that
executive's, and most certainly leaders, must
always use a moral compass to navigate through
the complexities of every decisions . Strategic
leadership should set a moral tone of the
organization, by word and deed.