Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997), born Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (pronounced [aɡnɛs ɡɔnˈdʒa bɔˈjadʒju]), was an Albanian Roman Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries.

By the 1970s she was internationally famed as a humanitarian and advocate for the poor and helpless, due in part to a documentary, and book, Something Beautiful for God by Malcolm Muggeridge. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools.

She has been praised by many individuals, governments and organizations; however, she has also faced a diverse range of criticism. These include objections by various individuals and groups, including Christopher Hitchens, Michael Parenti, Aroup Chatterjee, Vishva Hindu Parishad, against the proselytizing focus of her work including a strong stance against abortion, a belief in the spiritual goodness of poverty and alleged baptisms of the dying. Several medical journals also criticised the standard of medical care in her hospices and concerns were raised about the opaque nature in which donated money was spent.[5]

Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.[6][7]

Peter F. Drucker:
Leaders shouldn't attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can't compromise.



Peter Senge:
Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static "snapshots." It is a set of general principles -- distilled over the course of the twentieth century, spanning fields as diverse as the physical and social sciences, engineering, and management.... During the last thirty years, these tools have been applied to understand a wide range of corporate, urban, regional, economic, political, ecological, and even psychological systems. And systems thinking is a sensibility -- for the subtle interconnectedness that gives living systems their unique character.



Plato:
A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.



Rachel Maddow:
Humans are ambitious and rational and proud. And we don't fall in line with people who don't respect us and who we don't believe have our best interests at heart. We are willing to follow leaders, but only to the extent that we believe they call on our best, not our worst.



Ralph Nader:
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.



Robert Coles:
Abraham Lincoln did not go to Gettysburg having commissioned a poll to find out what would sell in Gettysburg. There were no people with percentages for him, cautioning him about this group or that group or what they found in exit polls a year earlier. When will we have the courage of Lincoln?



Robert Greenleaf:
Good leaders must first become good servants.



Robert Louis Stevenson:
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.



Rosabeth Moss Kantor:
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.



Rosalynn Carter:
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be.



Stephen Covey:
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.



Susan B. Anthony:
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.



Theodore Hesburgh:
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision.



Thich Nhat Hanh:
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm and deep listening, and loving speech. This is universal thing, taught by all religions.



Tom Peters:
If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.



Tony Blair:
The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.



Unknown:
Some leaders are born women.



Vince Lombardi:
Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.



Walter Lippman:
The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.



Walter Wink:
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu walked by a construction site on a temporary sidewalk the width of one person. A white man appeared at the other end, recognized Tutu, and said, "I don't make way for gorillas." At which Tutu stepped aside, made a deep sweeping gesture, and said, "Ah, yes, but I do."



Warren Bennis:
The manager asks how and when; the leader asks what and why.



Warren Bennis:
The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.



Warren G. Bennis:
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born -- that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.



Winston Churchill:
The price of greatness is responsibility

Isaac Newton:
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.



James Callaghan:
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.



James Kouzes and Barry Posner:
There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.



James Kouzes and Barry Posner:
[Y]ou must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings.



James MacGregor Burns:
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.



Jawaharlal Nehru:
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.



Jesse Jackson:
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.



John Gardner:
Pity the leader caught between unloving critics and uncritical lovers.



John Gardner:
Most important, leaders can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.



John Naisbitt:
Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.



John Quincy Adams:
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.



Joseph Rost:
In leadership writ large, mutually agreed upon purposes help people achieve consensus, assume responsibility, work for the common good, and build community.



Kenneth Blanchard:
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.



Margaret Chase Smith:
Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any measures.



Margaret J. Wheatley:
When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.



Mohandas K. Gandhi:
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.



Noam Chomsky:
It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.



Peter Drucker:
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.



Peter Drucker:
What is the manager's job? It is to direct the resources and the efforts of the business toward opportunities for economically significant results. This sounds trite -- and it is. But every analysis of actual allocation of resources and efforts in business that I have ever seen or made showed clearly that the bulk of time, work, attention, and money first goes to problems rather than to opportunities, and, secondly, to areas where even extraordinarily successful performance will have minimal impact on results.

Adlai Stevenson:
It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.



Al Gini:
The term “power” comes from the Latin posse: to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well?



Albert Einstein:
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.



Barack Obama:
I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.



Carl Sagan:
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.



Don Marquis:
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them think, they'll hate you.



Dwight D. Eisenhower:
You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.



Edwin H. Friedman:
Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future.



Elizabeth Dole:
What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Then, once policy is determined, you call on them to help you sell it.



Eric Hoffer:
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.



Ernest Becker:
It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chief.



Eugene V. Debs:
I never had much faith in leaders. I am willing to be charged with almost anything, rather than to be charged with being a leader. I am suspicious of leaders, and especially of the intellectual variety. Give me the rank and file every day in the week. If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of Congress, and mis-representatives of the masses -- you will find that almost all of them claim, in glowing terms, that they have risen from the ranks to places of eminence and distinction. I am very glad I cannot make that claim for myself. I would be ashamed to admit that I had risen from the ranks. When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.



Everett Dirksen:
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.



Faye Wattleton:
The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.



Faye Wattleton:
Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.



H. Ross Perot:
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.



Henrik Ibsen:
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.



Herbert B. Swope:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure: which is: Try to please everybody.

To Be a Leader
by Dee Bernhardt

To be a leader is to be vulnerable--to meet the disapproving stares of others with the joy and certainty of God's infinite love;

To be a leader is to be imperfect--to enjoy the enriching process of a new challenge with the hope and confidence of the Master;

To be a leader is to be naive--to believe the very best of all people in the love and acceptance of our Savior;

To be a leader is to be trusting--to disregard dire projections of gloom for the joy and creativity of our Creator;

To be a leader is to be honest--to own our sinfulness with the sincerity and authenticity of the Spirit;

To be a leader is to be unique--to accept the wonderful gift of self, in the knowledge and understanding of community;

To be a leader is to be free--to welcome recurring waves of change with the awe and wonder of a child;

To be a leader is to be empowering--to share the exhilarating power of information in the establishment of inter-connectedness;

To be a leader is to be humble--to give the inestimable gift of flexibility with the grace and forgiveness of God;

To be a leader is to be whole--to know the startling reality that I am central, yet peripheral, in God's plan for the world;

To be a leader is to be weak--to understand that I can rest in the hollow of God's hand only in the total yielding and complete trusting of my child's heart.

Here are some inspiring leadership quotes.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
- Peter F. Drucker

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
- George S. Patton

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
- Dwight Eisenhower

A leader is a dealer in hope.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
- Dwight Eisenhower

The best example of leadership, is leadership by example.
- Jerry McClain of Seattle, WA

Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless- not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctorine and refute those who oppose it.
(Titus 1: 7-9)
Note: An overseer is traditionally the bishop of the church and he serves the role of a leader too.

Paul wanted Titus to be a perfect leader, one that does not give in to temptation and pleasure, one that is honest and self-disciplined. He wanted Titus serve the Lord, and to preach God's message to others.

This is a song about leadership sang by Mariah Carey

There's a hero
If you look inside your heart
You don't have to be afraid
Of what you are
There's an answer
If you reach into your soul
And the sorrow that you know
Will melt away

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

It's a long road
When you face the world alone
No one reaches out a hand
For you to hold
You can find love
If you search within yourself
And the emptiness you felt
Will disappear

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

Lord knows
Dreams are hard to follow
But don't let anyone
Tear them away
Hold on
There will be tomorrow
In time
You'll find the way

And then a hero comes along
With the strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Look inside you and be strong
And you'll finally see the truth
That a hero lies in you

We just found a poem about leadership. Hoped you all will like it...

Leader VS followers

When leaders make a mistake,they say, "I was wrong."
When followers make mistakes,they say, "It wasn't my fault."

A leader works harder than a follower and has more time;
a follower is always "too busy" to do what is necessary.

A leader goes through a problem;
a follower goes around it and never gets past it.

A leader makes and keeps commitments;
a follower makes and forgets promises.

A leader says, "I'm good, but not as good as I ought to be;"
a follower says, "I'm not as bad as a lot of other people."

Leaders listen;
followers just wait until it's their turn to talk.

Leaders respect those who are superior to them and tries to learn something from them;
followers resent those who are superior to them and try to find chinks in their armor.

Leaders feel responsible for more than their job;
followers say, "I only work here."

A leader says, "There ought to be a better way to do this;"
followers say, "That's the way it's always been done here."

~~ Author Unknown ~~

Abstract from: www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38285.asp

Hope you have learned something...

Friday, 20 March 2009 -- It was the Friday of the March Term Break. It was indeed our privilege to be seated in the principal's office in Christchurch Secondary School.

Mrs. Yeo Chin Nam, the present principal of Christchurch Secondary, has, after more than thirty years in the Education Ministry, earned herself a reputation for being able to turn neighbourhood schools round. Indeed, whenever the name, 'Mrs. Yeo Chin Nam', is mentioned, the words, 'dedicated' and 'dynamic' come to people's mind. An educator at heart, Mrs. Yeo has been an inspiration to many educators, as well as students.

It is for these reasons that both my student, Xiuqing, and I, have travelled from the far east of Singapore to the north west -- to have a chat with this inspiring leader in Education.

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56th Coy: How old were you when you first take on a significant leadership role in a team or an organisation?

Mrs. Yeo: Wow! This is not an easy question to answer because there are so many... But because of the word, 'significant' in your question, then I would say my significant leadership role is 'principalship' when I was thirty-six years old. Yes, that was two decades ago when I was thirty-six years old.

Mrs. Sim: (Gasp!) So young! Two decades ago, people become principals at forty or fifty years old!

Mrs. Yeo: (Nods her head) Yes.

56th Coy: What do you think defines a leader?

Mrs. Yeo: A leader has to be the one who makes the decision which will impact everyone. Indeed, a leader can neither run away from decision-making nor pass the buck to someone else. When the situation calls for it, the leader has to be willing to stand forth, make the tough call and show the way.

56th Coy: What do you think are some of the qualities a leader needs to have?

Mrs. Yeo: One is Passion. Passion in what one is doing no matter how tough it is. Then, we can have the joy and peace within us. Next is Vision. A leader needs to have a vision in which he/she single-mindedly and unwavering works towards it. The third is Perseverance. In other words, the tenacity to go on no matter how tough it is. This also implies that a leader needs the moral courage to do what is right.

For myself, as long as I know that God approves of what I am doing, that is enough for me because then I know that I am not alone but God is with me. Yes, the vision of a leader has to be God-approving.

56th Coy: What are some of your most memorable moments or experiences as a leader?

Mrs. Yeo: Memorable moments for me would be when the rest of the team caught the vision and the leader is dispensable because the rest of the team can build on what has been done.

56th Coy: What are some of your most challenging encounters in your experience as a leader?

Mrs. Yeo: Everyday is a challenge! (Smiles)

I guess it would be moments when I lost faith in God because I believe no problem is too big for God. Hence, sometimes I just feel shaken when I feel that God isn't there. But that's when I pick myself up and renew my faith.

56th Coy: What would you do if you have people under you who are unwilling to submit to your leadership?

Mrs. Yeo: First, I would pray and examine myself as God shows me the way. Then I would make good whatever wrong I have done. Next, I will talk to the people concerned and try to change their mindset because I am a strong believer of Learning Organisation which emphasises on the mental model.

Let me give you an example (on mental model): If there is a student who comes from a poor family background and I look at him, feel that he is in a very helpless situation, I will end up not doing anything to help him because subconciously, I have told myself that he cannot be helped.

However, if I were to change my mental model and feel empathy and compassion for the student instead, I will end up doing something to reach out to that student because subconsciouly, I have told myself that I want to help this student.

56th Coy: Were there any decisions that you have made and you regretted?

Mrs. Yeo: Of course. In these 30 years, there was one school that I went to which did not believe in what I think they needed. I was angry. Hence, I decided to clean up the school and I set myself to work hard and furious. What happened was I did not understand the past of the school and I hurt some people who had been in the school longer. I caused confusion to the people. On hindsight, I should have slowed down and worked alongside my colleagues. It takes a big group of people -- including the community -- to change a school.

56th Coy: Do you have any role model(s) whom you emulate?

Mrs. Yeo: I stand on the shoulders of many giants. I decided to be a teacher since I was in Primary One. I had this Form Teacher who was really inspiring. She could sing very well and draw very well. She was great and she drove a red sports car! And she was my Form Teacher again in Primary Two and Three. So I had her for three years and I really like her. I set myself on being a teacher.

At work, I am inspired by my senior principals who worked so hard and expect no returns. That spirit is really encouraging.

Another person who has inspired me a lot is Christ himself. Although it was only three short years of work but it impacted so many people and I am one of those people. He was wronged and crucified. That spirit in which He did all those is something we must catch. The work He left behind has impact so many.

For myself, I don't need rewards here in this world but eternal life itself is a reward for me; knowing where I will be going after I am no longer in this temporal world is enough.

56th Coy: Why did you choose him/her/them to be your role model(s)?

Mrs. Yeo: It is the impact of their work, the inspiration and motivation they give. The teacher who inspired me taught me that a teacher is not just a teacher; a teacher is really someone who is special. The group of senior principals are people who worked hard to impact whoever they can; they are principals working in very difficult neighbourhood schools and they expect no rewards. Lastly, there is no other way but to have faith in Christ. After all, He has paid the price for us. So we have to live our given days on earth in a responsible way.

56th Coy: What other tips do you have for anybody who aspires to be a good leader?

Mrs. Yeo: There are three points here: One, we must know ourselves -- our own strengths and weaknesses. Two, we must get into the shoes of those whom we are leading and learn to empathise with them. Three, it is the spirit in which we lead that is important. A leader needs to have the right motivation. It cannot be for the bigger office or pay cheque; the leader needs to know why he wants to lead.

56th Coy: How many hours do you sleep a day?

Mrs. Yeo: I used to be able to make do with five hours of sleep each day but recently, probably because of age, I need six hours. And if I don't get my six hours, I will feel tired in the middle of the day.

56th Coy: Are leaders born or made?

Mrs. Yeo: Some people are born with leadership qualities. However, whether one is born with or without leadership qualities, all leaders need to be nurtured to be a good leader

Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869. He was shy and he spent most of his time alone reading books. When he was 13, his parents selected a young bride for him and they were married. After he finished high school, he went to London and became a lawyer.

For the next twenty years, he worked in South Africa and India. He tried very hard to make things better for the poor and the people of India. At that time, the British were ruling India and the rules they made did not satisfy the Indians. Instead of fighting them, Gandhi told everyone that he wanted to fight with words and not violence.

Several times, the British put Gandhi and the others in prison. They tortured them but still, Gandhi was persistent. He organized marches and strikes and convinced people from all over India to stop working. He told the people repeatedly to be peaceful and not resort to any violence.

Finally after many years, the British gave up and granted them their independence. It was a great victory for Gandhi and for the people of India. Great Britain, a superior country, had been defeated by peaceful revolution. Mahatma Gandhi was then known as the "Father of India" with peace and harmony as his utmost values.

Unfortunately, when the British left, India was divided into two parts. Pakistan was where the Muslims lived while India was where the Hindus lived. Soon, both Hindus and Muslims started to fight. Again, Gandhi went on a hunger strike so that people would stop fighting. After five long days, the leaders promised that they would stop the fight and Gandhi broke fast. Twelve days later, a Hindu man who was not very pleased with Gandhi's character, killed him with three bullets.

That ended the life of one of the greatest men that had ever walked on the face of this earth.

this is the last part

Fairness means dealing with others consistently and justly. A leader must check all the facts and hear everyone out before passing judgment. He or she must avoid leaping to conclusions based on incomplete evidence. When people feel they that are being treated fairly, they reward a leader with loyalty and dedication.

Assertiveness is not the same as aggressiveness. Rather, it is the ability to clearly state what one expects so that there will be no misunderstandings. A leader must be assertive to get the desired results. Along with assertiveness comes the responsibility to clearly understand what followers expect from their leader.

Many leaders have difficulty striking the right amount of assertiveness, according to a study in the February 2007 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, published by the APA (American Psychological Association). It seems that being underassertive or overassertive may be the most common weakness among aspiring leaders.

A sense of humor is vital to relieve tension and boredom, as well as to defuse hostility. Effective leaders know how to use humor to energize followers. Humor is a form of power that provides some control over the work environment. And simply put, humor fosters good camaraderie.

Intrinsic traits such as intelligence, good looks, height and so on are not necessary to become a leader. Anyone can cultivate the proper leadership traits.

(Information Obtained from Leadership Qualities)

ok i know. Because of the qualities is long so i break it up. so let's continue

Magnanimity means giving credit where it is due. A magnanimous leader ensures that credit for successes is spread as widely as possible throughout the company. Conversely, a good leader takes personal responsibility for failures. This sort of reverse magnanimity helps other people feel good about themselves and draws the team closer together. To spread the fame and take the blame is a hallmark of effective leadership.

Leaders with humility recognize that they are no better or worse than other members of the team. A humble leader is not self-effacing but rather tries to elevate everyone. Leaders with humility also understand that their status does not make them a god. Mahatma Gandhi is a role model for Indian leaders, and he pursued a “follower-centric” leadership role.

Openness means being able to listen to new ideas, even if they do not conform to the usual way of thinking. Good leaders are able to suspend judgment while listening to others’ ideas, as well as accept new ways of doing things that someone else thought of. Openness builds mutual respect and trust between leaders and followers, and it also keeps the team well supplied with new ideas that can further its vision.

Creativity is the ability to think differently, to get outside of the box that constrains solutions. Creativity gives leaders the ability to see things that others have not seen and thus lead followers in new directions. The most important question that a leader can ask is, “What if … ?” Possibly the worst thing a leader can say is, “I know this is a dumb question ... ”

ok let's continue with the last post:
Integrity is the integration of outward actions and inner values. A person of integrity is the same on the outside and on the inside. Such an individual can be trusted because he or she never veers from inner values, even when it might be expeditious to do so. A leader must have the trust of followers and therefore must display integrity.

Honest dealings, predictable reactions, well-controlled emotions, and an absence of tantrums and harsh outbursts are all signs of integrity. A leader who is centered in integrity will be more approachable by followers.

Dedication means spending whatever time or energy is necessary to accomplish the task at hand. A leader inspires dedication by example, doing whatever it takes to complete the next step toward the vision. By setting an excellent example, leaders can show followers that there are no nine-to-five jobs on the team, only opportunities to achieve something great.

A leader with vision has a clear, vivid picture of where to go, as well as a firm grasp on what success looks like and how to achieve it. But it’s not enough to have a vision; leaders must also share it and act upon it. Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric Co., said, "Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision and relentlessly drive it to completion."

A leader must be able to communicate his or her vision in terms that cause followers to buy into it. He or she must communicate clearly and passionately, as passion is contagious.

What is leadership?

Leadership is the ability of one person to influence others to accomplish a common objective.

Having said that, for a leader to have the ability to influence others, he must be able to gain the trust and respect of his potential followers.

Hence, for the next few posts, we will be addressing on the qualities a leader should possess if he wants to be someone worthy of trust and respect from his followers.