Leadership
Leadership is the design, creation, and management of group actions that direct the combined efforts of individuals in the group and their resources to a achieve a goal that the members of the group increasingly share, in large part because the more influential members of the organization--the leaders--clearly communicate their vision of the organization's identity, including a belief that the aspired to goal is achievable. Sometimes leaders are contrasted with prophets, who claim to possess visions of golden futures if only the members of the group will follow their lead, and usually dire consequences if they do not. Leaders may simply be prophets with a better sense of how to communicate to members of the group and a keen understanding of the group's limitations, and a willingness in the end to accept and act within those limits. A great deal of research in vocational psychology has addressed questions related to leadership: what are the characteristics of leaders, are leaders "born" or "made," are there different types of leadership (and if so, are some types of leadership better suited for particular situations), do some cognitive traits interact with leadership traits and circumstances to predict outcomes, and what are the li
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