Leadership



Leadership

Introduction

Leadership is the set of capabilities that a person has to influence the minds of people or a group of determined people, making this team work with enthusiasm and towards a common goal. However, many experts tends to agree with the fact that it is the leadership which forces an individual to take initiatives, manage, hold, promote, encourage, motivate and evaluate a group or team. Leadership also involves managing the whole team effectively (Mahce, 2010). However, an efficient leader can be only that individual who tends to take initiatives in bringing the team together or inculcating a team with different backgrounds. In my opinion it is the characteristic of the leader to understand what his or her team members intends.

This means that the leader should have the ability to understand the non-verbal communication. As a leader one should be capable enough to select the right time for the decision which transforms a leader into a successful leader (Stanley, 2004). As pointed out that it is counted amongst the basic roles of a leader to associate him or her in a process or taking the initiative and allows the entire team to become a part of it.

Discussion

Non-Verbal Communication

Nonverbal communication is the process of communication by sending and receiving wordless messages. These messages tend to be formulated upon signs, those signs which tend to lack the syntax. This means that the communication process does not have any syntactic structure so it cannot be analyzed sequences constituent hierarchy. The fact needs to be kept in mind that the non-verbal messages tends to be communicated through gestures, body language, posture, facial expression and eye contact. Moreover, it involves the communication of objects such as clothing, hairstyles, symbols or even architecture. Thus, non-verbal communication can only be deciphered by those who tend to ...