Leadership is the process of influencing individuals and groups to set and achieve goals. Leaders guide, persuade, direct, coach, counsel and inspire others. Pay particular attention to p. 432 Management and leadership are not synonymous. Managers plan, organize, staff, lead, and control. They may or may not be effective in influencing subordinates to achieve goals.
Leaders create and share visions, generating strategies to bring the visions to reality.
The Yuki group described 19 categories of leadership behavior. Pay particular attention to p. 434-435. The perceived approaches and behaviors that a manager uses to influence others is referred to as a leadership style. This style results from philosophies about motivation, choices of decision making models, and whether the emphasis is on tasks or people in the work environment. There are those who suggest that all effective leadership should be situational- that is, the particular leadership style should be tailored to the conditions.