Leadership qualities for 21^st century leaders

 

Khandakar Akhter Hossain

 

Review I Published May,2015

 

Pearl Journal of Management, Social Science and Humanities Vol. 1 (2), pp. 18-29

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Action is the mark of a leader. Leadership means different things to different people. True leaders ignore the arguments “whether leaders are made or born” and instead they concentrate on developing the leadership qualities necessary for success. Social, political, business and organization scenario, structure and leadership pattern in 21^st century world has already changed. There are few key qualities shared by great leaders and great followers. To become successful business leaders we need to implant few essential qualities. Again, there are few basic qualities of successful organization leaders. On the other hand, there are few fundamental qualities observed on successful political leaders. Egoistic or self-centered people cannot be a good leader. However anyone can cultivate few important leadership qualities to become a good leader in the present content of world. This study tries to analyze and summarize important leadership qualities that 21^st century good leaders must culture in their life for the success of their working place.

Key Word: Leader, follower, intrinsic, honesty, delegation, courage, extraversion.

 

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