Leadership Leadership Defined As defined by Webster, a leader is someone who has commanding authority or influence or a first or principal performer of a group. It is my position that Leadership, in essence, is the sum of these definitions. In order to have and maintain commanding authority, a leader must be the principal performer of his/her group. Leadership, based on examples presented by Michael Hanna and Gerald Wilson , is dynamic. The field of …showed first 75 words of 877 total…

…showed last 75 words of 877 total…different times in our lives. Friends look to each other for advice, parents and teachers provide instruction to children, and first line supervisors guide employees throughout the day. Likewise, we are at the same time followers under the authority of another. It is this relationship that brings together the art leadership and being a principal performer. Bibliography Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 10th Edition, 1993 Communicating in Business and Professional Settings 4th Edition, 1998 Cartwright and Zanders 1968 study