Do You know Applications and Theories of Leadership?

The authors of our course textbook agree with what is said in the video. They would be in agreement with the video’s definition of leadership. The video defines leadership as the leadership of self, the leadership of others, the leadership of leaders, business level leadership and enterprise-level leadership. The video defines leadership as the facilitation of a process of tapping into unlimited human potential and turning it into desired results all through people.

What was in the video that was not discussed in class that called my attention is that talent doesn’t equal results. The speaker in the video explains that if talent equaled results then all successful people would be talented and they aren’t. if talent equaled results the all unsuccessful people would be untalented and that is not true either. The speaker in the video explains that talents can help someone to be good at something. The speaker claims that talent is given but it is never on its own since leadership is needed to drive sustainable results. It is considered that talent is the catalyst necessary to crystallize the unlimited human potential to leadership. We, therefore, need to examine some of our beliefs around why people are successful since talent is given but we must earn success.

Leadership is important because it fosters an atmosphere of creativity. Therefore a  leader can offer flexibility by allowing his or her people to determine the ways that can be used to benefit them. by doing so, they may develop an effective process that benefits the people as a whole while giving them a sense of empowerment.