The word 'Leader(-ship)' arises in plenty combination of words. In literature there's no consistent definition established. Also many complex synonyms are in use, which give additional confusion.
But:
Leadership is a fundamental phenomena in human history. There's no social system, no human community – family, group of any kind, organizations of any type or states – where the question of leadership, dominance, power and influence wouldn't be of meaning. That's why human communities react so sensitive to it and on account of this matter it's being taboo and even bounded with prejudice. The phenomena 'Leadership' has from time immemorial bothered philosopher, social scientist, general, commander, theologian, intellectual and so on… There are good reasons, why we'll never find an assured solution for this question – it's not like for example a formula in mathematics or a construction manual for machines. (cf. Steiger-Lippman, 2008)
Leadership is not equal management! The quick difference is:
Management = handling of complexity
Leadership = mobilization and leading of human and their ideas
In business administration there are two aspects – personnel management and business management. This blog is focused on the interaction between leader and employee – the personnel management!
Basic idea:
(Leadership-)Models are simplified imaginations of the reality and show the concurrence of different factors. Models become techniques and instructions, those who (can) turn into normative models of behavior for personnel management.
The alternation of generations forces the organizations to change the paradigm of leadership in diverse ways. Companies need to get more a way from hard facts and focus more on soft skills. Finally the human resources are responsible for more sales – total revenue. And therefore the generation Y wants to be leaded also in a different way. Nevertheless there will be different tools presented in this blog, which can help the members of our generation to master their daily business.
You are very welcome to accompany me through the next days, weeks, months or even longer – with lots of new and exciting things to come!
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