Leadership & Strategic Management

  Macro photo of tooth wheel mechanism with LEADERSHIP concept letters Introduction with Leadership Definitions  Leadership is the ability to evaluate and or forecast a long term plan or policy and influence the followers towards the achievement of the said strategy. Adeoye Mayowa: A Leadership Manager in Nigeria (2009 " ...leadership is like the Abominable Snowman, whose footprints are everywhere but who is nowhere to be seen" - Bennis & Nanus: 'Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge' (1997) "[There are] almost as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have attempted to define the concept." - Stogdill (1974, p.259) "A leader is a dealer in hope." -Napoleon Bonaparte, French soldier, statesman, revolutionary (1769-1821) "A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. 'Fail to honor people' they fail to honour you.' But of