In General Lovett H. Weems, president of Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, observed that leadership studies over the past fifty years have identified at least 350 definitions for leadership.
Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth.
It is difficult to know what, if anything, has been convincingly demonstrated by replicated research. The endless accumulation of empirical data has not produced an integrated understanding of leadership according to Ralph Stodgill after completing his examination of several thousand books and articles. Walter C. Wright Jr. contributes the following definition. Leadership is a relationship in which one person seeks to influence the behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, or values of another. In the context of organizational management, leadership is a relationship of influence with the twin objectives of accomplishing a task and developing the people.