Leadership and Influence

Carl DunckerLeadership Courses

This article will hopefully portray to you the different ways of leading and having influence within your organisation, and why it is such a crucial aspect of effective business. A leader can be defined as someone who commands a group or an organisation, or put more simply, a leader is someone who has followers. The role of the leader is a crucial component in a business, and is one which must be filled and then utilised to its maximum potential. However, there can be no leadership without influence because people lead others through influencing the way they work. Many may picture leaders as loud, strong and even bullish figures, but the act of conducting people falls into the job of …